Post by charmbrights on Dec 10, 2014 17:13:06 GMT
This afternoon (10.xii.14) there was a programme called "Thinking Allowed" on Radio 4 which ought to have been renamed (surprise, surprise) "Left-Only Thinking Allowed".
It was advertised asThe assumption of leftist propaganda language included phrases like "bedroom tax" and an assumption that the government wanted people to be so short of money that food banks and pay-day loans were absolutely essential to "the poor" and "low paid workers".
Johnna Montgomerie says her research interests are in all forms of household debt (mortgage, student loans, consumer credit, payday lending) and its relationship to Anglo-American financialisation, especially in the context of never-ending crisis and the new Age of Austerity. She is also interested in exploring innovative methods for exploring the political economy of everyday life.
Tony Dobbins’ research interests include employee voice at the workplace and employee information & consultation arrangements; comparative European and international employment relations; management-employee workplace partnerships; the effects of employment regulation; and the impact of economic restructuring on labour markets and workers.
It was advertised as
Global payday loans: Laurie Taylor talks to Carl Packman, a researcher and writer, who has analysed the growth of a worldwide industry. Today there are more payday lender shops in the US than McDonald's restaurants. They cater mainly to those without access to mainstream credit and with no other option. But how did they evolve and proliferate? And what is their impact on the most financially vulnerable consumers? He's joined by Johnna Montogomery, an economist from Goldsmiths, London.
Also, redundancy at a Welsh aluminium plant. Tony Dobbins, Reader in Employment Studies at Bangor Business School, asks why re-training has failed to provide jobless workers with a fresh future.
Also, redundancy at a Welsh aluminium plant. Tony Dobbins, Reader in Employment Studies at Bangor Business School, asks why re-training has failed to provide jobless workers with a fresh future.
Johnna Montgomerie says her research interests are in all forms of household debt (mortgage, student loans, consumer credit, payday lending) and its relationship to Anglo-American financialisation, especially in the context of never-ending crisis and the new Age of Austerity. She is also interested in exploring innovative methods for exploring the political economy of everyday life.
Tony Dobbins’ research interests include employee voice at the workplace and employee information & consultation arrangements; comparative European and international employment relations; management-employee workplace partnerships; the effects of employment regulation; and the impact of economic restructuring on labour markets and workers.