Autonomy

Director Will Stronge speaks to Richard Wilford on BBC WM about COVID and the prospects of a 4 day week.

Autonomy director Will Stronge talks through Autonomy's recent work on COVID-19 and why we need a fairer economy to emerge from this crisis.

Autonomy's director Will Stronge talks with the BBC's Jason Mohammad about the four-day week and why it is an idea whose time has come.

This month we're joined by Alice Martin of the New Economics Foundation and Lydia Hughes of IWGB to discuss trade unions past present and future! The first of many such discussions we hope. Recorded in late November 2019 (before the general election)

Callum Cant joins Autonomy's Julian Siravo and Will Stronge to discuss the food delivery industry, precarity and the future of this sector. Is precarity always bad? Can platform cooperativism actually work? What is the future of food delivery infrastructure?

Autonomy’s Will Stronge talks to economist Stewart Lansley about a feasible basic income, the idea of everyone in society holding wealth in common (Citizen’s Wealth Fund) and universal basic services. Would a basic income change much in our economic system? Is a basic income affordable and by what means? Are services a replacement for an income guarantee? What is the difference between a Citizen’s Wealth Fund and an Inclusive Ownership Fund?

Autonomy’s Julian Siravo talks to Helen Hester and architect Mollie Claypool about post-work architecture, public luxury and the new modes of automated construction that are starting to become available. Why is architecture relevant to post-work and vice versa? Is Lego more than a toy? Why should we be talking about public luxury and not private luxury?

Feminist author Sophie Lewis discusses themes from her recent work Full Surrogacy Now with Autonomy's Helen Hester. Is surrogacy a form of work, and what does it mean if it is? Is pregnancy inherently gendered?