Gerry Hassan: Calling time on the big society (Part 2)

Part 2 of Gerry Hassan's talk 'Whose future is it anyway? Calling time on the Big Society.' Watch Part 1 at http://www.youtube.com/user/reasondigital?v=OKYqFAECrJo#p/a/u/1/OKYqFAECrJo

In this lunchtime talk, Gerry Hassan, groundbreaking writer and thinker, gives voice to fears about the direction of new social and economic thinking - and invites us to go beyond the Big Society.

This event took place on 27th August 2010 and was the first in a series of 'Lunchworks' events set up by Reason Digital and Dovetail.

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[joetavish]

That was fucking amazing. This guy is on another planet in terms of commentary on Scottish/UK politics. Probably in no small part down to his understanding of relationships within, and flaws of, policy making and social structures. I've never studies policy making in any great detail, but GH paints a bleak picture and yet gives an answer at the same time. True revolutionary thinking, always refreshing