#103 Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? w/ Brett Christophers

Brett Christophers joins PTO to talk about his new book, Rentier
Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? We chatted
about the extraordinary dominance of monopolistic rent-seeking in
the UK economy, why the concept of rentierisation is more useful
and accurate than the notion of financialisation when talking about
the trajectory of the UK and world economies, and we also talked
about how and why entrepreneurialism and competitiveness are values
that are taken up far more by ordinary people in the labour market
than by UK business. You can listen to the extended version of the
episode by becoming a £3 supporter on patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/44326998