On the death of the left. We talk to Steve Hall and Simon Winlow, social scientists in the northeast of England, about their new book, The Death of the Left: Why We Must Begin From the Beginning Again. Is the left indeed dead, and what killed it? The turn to culture undoubtedly plays a part, but was the left wrong to turn to liberty, as Hall & Winlow argue? How can we turn back to political economy and what would that politics look like? And if there is to be a future radical movement for and by the working class, would social democracy be its lodestar? Part two of the interview and the After Party are available at patreon.com/bungacast Links:* /65/ Bunga Gets Ultra-Real ft. Steve Hall * /111/ Big Money Talk: The Case for MMT ft. Bill Mitchell * /68/ Big Money Talk: The Case against MMT ft. Doug Henwood