Interviews – The Mint Magazine

An innovative way to innovate

Henry Leveson-Gower — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:47:30 +0000

Ethiopian activist, Million Belay, talks to The Mint about the fight to take back control of Africa’s food. In a world where food is increasingly treated like a financial product—priced, …

Not broken, just wrong

Henry Leveson-Gower — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:47:29 +0000

Nutrition expert, Stuart Gillespie, tells The Mint the food system is killing more people than hunger ever did and radical change is needed to end the carnage. In his book, …

Common grievance

Henry Leveson-Gower — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:06:42 +0000

Guy Standing shares with The Mint his uncommon understanding of a fundamental political issue that pervades history to the present day. When Guy Standing speaks about the commons, he doesn’t …

The nurture nature argument

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:30:52 +0000

Samantha Power directs the think-and-do tank, the BioFi Project, which seeks to reimagine how capital flows can support place-based biocultural regeneration. The Mint spoke with Power about her critique of …

On commons ground

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:00:09 +0000

Let’s move beyond socialism and capitalism: we need something with more in commons – David Bollier talks to The Mint. When David Bollier talks about “the commons,” he is not …

Lucre ahead

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:15:20 +0000

David McWilliams is both an academic expert in monetary economics and has worked for the Irish central bank, so he understands the realities of creating money. His book, Money, has …

Common sense

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:50:35 +0000

Christian Felber is a writer, lecturer and contemporary dancer. He founded the Economy for the Common Good movement, which has spread around the world. He has been thinking about how …

Lost leader

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:36:12 +0000

Ann Pettifor has long been an influential commentator on the state of global economies and finance, since leading a successful campaign for debt relief for developing countries in the 90s, …

Unsafe harbours

Henry Leveson-Gower — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:28:17 +0000

Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf Studies born in Iran to politically radical parents, uses her understanding of material structures such as ports, shipping, and mining, to build a picture …

Route of all evil

Henry Leveson-Gower — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:25:16 +0000

In a far-ranging interview, economist Jo Michell, navigates us through key periods and transformations in economic thought, culminating in the cataclysmic event of the Second World War. Key points Pre-Smith …