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Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Carl Benedikt Frey from Oxford University about the history of technological progress — from the Industrial Revolution to the age of Artificial Intelligence today. Carl Frey takes a closer look at what the lessons of the past can teach us about the economic and political polarisation of today.

The Second World War and it's immediate aftermath had a profound impact on how communities viewed their future in Malaya. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan talk about the challenges faced by the Eurasian community with cultural activist Vernon Adrian Emuang and social historian Ione Jolly.

Melisa Idris speaks to Professor Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India about gender bias in economic policy, and why care work is still missing in national accounts. Watch the full interview to find out more about Professor Jayati’s ‘5R’ framework for addressing this issue: Recognise, Reward, Reduce, Redistribute, and Represent.

Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Joseph Henrich, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, about the collective know-how of societies, termed the ‘Collective Brain’. He shares his research on humans as cultural learners, and how that feeds the 'Collective Brain'.

Sharaad Kuttan speak to James Crabtree, the author of The Billionaire Raj and shared about wealth inequality in India, exploring Indian billionaires, the caste system and economic reform advocates.

One in a long line of "socio-economic" policy documents, the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, authored largely by the Bersatu think tank, Institut Masa Depan Malaysia, was announced recently. Does it set a genuinely new vision of economy and society? Sharaad Kuttan speak to Terence Gomez (Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya) and Idhan Zakaria (CEO, The Centre).

What ought to be the time frame for change, and what forms of consultations ought we engage in when we think about Electoral Reform. Sharaad Kuttan speaks to Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, Chairperson of the Election Reform Committee. Update Description