Katy Shields

Invisible Handcuffs: Unchaining Economics

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Invisible Handcuffs is podcast series and documentary-in-the-making, hosted by Katy Shields, about how we can free ourselves from the economic ideology driving our crises. Each week we speak with economists, experts and activists who are working to reclaim economics across education, academia, policy and in their communities. Alongside our weekly episodes we'll also be posting ad-hoc interviews, out takes and reflections from the documentary we are making, planned for release within the next year. To learn more and subscribe go to www.invisiblehandcuffs.com

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Katy Shields

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Episode 05: From Flat-Earth Economics to Social-Ecological Economics with Clive Spash 02.07.2026 1:12:30

How can philosophy of science help us in the fight to reclaim economics? That is the topic of discussion in our latest episode of Invisible Handcuffs, where I was delighted to be joined by leading a social-ecological economist Clive Spash. This discussion brought a whole new language to problems with economics that I have long sensed, but been unable to put into words. We delve deep into philosoph...

Episode 04: Building real world economics with Steve Keen 11.06.2026 1:20:29

This week we discuss the need to overthrow the current economic paradigm, and what a new one could look like, with Professor Steve Keen. Steve is a prolific writer, teacher, blogger and vlogger, known as one of few economists to have predicted the global financial crash and a thorn in the side of mainstream or neoclassical economics for over 50 years. A former professor of economics at Kingston un...

Episode 03: Why the fight to reclaim economics needs feminist economists with Emma Holten 04.06.2026 46:48

My guest this week is Emma Holten. Emma is a feminist economist from Denmark and the author of a best-selling book, Deficit. Feminist economics, as Emma explains, is the study of the unhidden but vital work of ‘reproduction’ - that textured, often unquantifiable work that goes into making everything else in life, including economic life, possible: care, repair, love, friendship, compassion. But, t...

Episode 02: Why economists need multiple perspectives with John T Harvey 29.05.2026 1:20:54

This podcast is all about freeing ourselves from the chains of economic orthodoxy: the set of ideas that drive most decisions in governments, institutions around the world and thus are also underpin our crises. But where do these ideas come from, and why do they persist? What might alternative schools have to offer? And if such alternative perspectives could offer solutions, why are they not more...

Episode 01: On the Fight to Bring Economics into the 21st Century - with Kate Raworth 20.05.2026 1:00:31

In this inaugural episode of Invisible Handcuffs, host Katy Shields speaks with economist Kate Raworth, author of 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴: 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 21𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵. Doughnut Economics seeks to change not just the goal of our economies - away from endless growth, towards thriving within the planet's limits. It is also a call to transform economics as a discipline. Because mainst...