Neoliberalism’s Failure and What the Left Must Do
2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer Grace Blakeley sits down with Luke Savage in for a conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism and what the left must do if it is to win the working-class.
Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine, a columnist for Zeteo News, and the author of several books, including ‘Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom‘. She was awarded the 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize by the Broadbent Institute.
She is the former economics commentator for the New Statesman, and her work has been featured in publications including The Guardian, The Independent, MSNBC News, Jacobin, and Current Affairs. Grace appears frequently in UK and international media, including BBC Question Time, Talk TV‘s Piers Morgan Uncensored, and MTV News.
2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer Grace Blakeley sits down with Luke Savage in for a conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism and what the left must do if it is to win the working-class.

The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by Grace Blakeley, illustrating why neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy and why we must organize to take back democratic power for the working-class.


