Shiftdisturbers highlights the people, research and ideas that change the way we think about the world. It is the official podcast of the Martin Prosperity Institue, an academic think tank that aims to deepen our understanding of economic prosperity. Housed at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the Institute's mission is to develop new understandings and inform the broader public conversation around shared and sustainable prosperity, an essential piece of democratic capitalism.
The Martin Prosperity Institute will be closing its doors at the end of June. Over a decade ago we set out to make a difference in the world in our ex...
Over the course of the last decade, MPI researchers have looked at the problems faced by democratic capitalism from a number of different angles. In o...
As part of MPI's ongoing work around shared prosperity, Roger Martin outlines his case against efficiency, specifically the way it's come to dominate ...
We examine the idea of citizenship and the power that comes with it. Here in North America, and across the Western world, we don’t put stringent defin...
we kick-off 2018 by looking at the term Music City, its meaning, intent and how such recognitions shape cultural policy in cities. Featuring interview...
16 blog posts, 14 research reports, 13 op-eds, four books and 1 short film – it’s been quite a year for us here at MPI. On this episode we take stock ...