Politicians have been rattling on about the fiscal cliff during media soap opera hour dodging the full extent of the crisis.

No More Business as Usual...  Ross Ashcroft gives the 2012 keynote for the Renegade Economist Winter Series.

Watch the interview with Ross Ashcroft on Stacy Herbert and Max Keier's show -The Keiser Report.

The PICNIC 2012 series. We speak to Daan about claiming his space between autonomy and interaction, beauty and bullshit and soft & hard capital of art.

The PICNIC 2012 series. We speak with Louisa Heinrich. In the current era of techology, data and humanilty what does it mean to truly ‘own’ our quantified selves?

PICNIC, together with its partners and friends, has investigated what “New Ownership” means and what new opportunities it offers for our personal lives, society, businesses and planet.  We meet with the organisers and see how they approached this years festival.

The PICNIC 2012 series. The Renegade Economist speaks with Tim O'Reilly, from O'Reilly Media about the emerging 'sharing economy' and his thoughts on the future shape of economics.

The Renegade Economist in conversation with Matthew Watson.

The Renegade Economist in conversation with Ann Pettifor.

A Renegade Economist exclusive with Tim Van Spink-Smythe Glib - the social enterprise financier