Dr. Craig Emerson is a former Labor MP. In the Rudd and Gillard governments he served as Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, Minister for Tertiary Education and Science and Minister for Small Business. Since leaving parliament, Emerson has run his own economic consultancy firm and in 2019, he co-authored the review into Labor's election loss along with Jay Weatherill.
In this conversation I ask Craig about the reasons why he studied economics and joined the Labor party, his thoughts on "economic rationalism" (or what we now call neoliberalism), compromise and centrism versus radical policies in the age of the climate crisis, fear campaigns, "international green socialism" and the future prospects of the ALP.
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ARTICLE: Tribalism is blighting Australia by Craig Emerson
Craig singing "Whyalla Wipeout". Just for old times' sake.
Cause of the Week: WIRES (wires.org.au)
Daniel Lopez is the commissioning editor for Jacobin magazine, socialist activist, author and tweeter.
A month on from Corbyn and British Labour's brutal loss and as Australia burns, Daniel and I discuss the state of the Left right now, Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party and the possibilities of a new socialist political party.
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Daniel's writing for Jacobin magazine
Daniel's book Lukács: Praxis and the Absolute
ARTICLE: AOC's Green New Deal is the socialist solution the world needs by Daniel Lopez
Cause of the Week: The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy (mscp.org.au)
Happy 2020, everyone. Here we bloody go.
Here's me answering some of your questions about political movies, Morrison, bushfires, fatigue, Cats and Murdoch. Thanks to the folks who submitted questions and thanks (as ever) to you for listening to the show.
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ARTICLE: Australia's Fires Give Us a Glimpse of What's Coming by Jeff Sparrow