Ross Ashcroft is the co-founder of Renegade Inc., a London-based media operation that publicizes the ideas of independent thinkers who buck mainstream thought, especially in the area of economics. In this interview series, Ashcroft talks with 10 mavericks: Stanford University economist Anat Admati, Ian Gilbert of the Independent Thinking movement, activist and economist Christian Felber, economist and novelist John Lanchester, Financial Times columnist Martin Sandbu, artist Darren Coffield, “people power” lecturer Eliane Glaser, Kingston University economist Steve Keen, self-styled anti-economist Andrew Walker, and peace mediator Donald Reeves. The theme that runs throughout is not merely being averse to generally-accepted neoclassical economic assumptions, but also exhibiting a desire to break down the walls of convention, and encourage innovation in business, education, and the arts through “self-learning.” The interviewees are an interesting bunch who offer provocative observations and suggestions. But there is a tendency—encouraged by Ashcroft's questioning (he advertises himself as, among other things, a standup comedian)—to incite guests to be somewhat outrageous in their pronouncements. A bare-bones talking heads series, Meet the Renegades offers economic points of view very different from the standard orthodoxies. A strong optional purchase. Aud: C, P. (F. Swietek)
Meet the Renegades
(2016) 2 discs. 295 min. DVD: $29.99 ($199 w/PPR). Dreamscape Media. Closed captioned. Volume 32, Issue 1
Meet the Renegades
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