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Podcast: Olivier De Schutter on why the economy creates poverty – and how to fix it.

14 May 2026

During the Wellbeing Economic Forum in Iceland, Olivier De Schutter sat down with Better Future Podcast host, Michael Mezzatesta, to discuss the inequalities built into the global economic system and the tools to repair them.

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