The Spark is a Documentary programme.

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The Spark: Paul Collier and John Kay v Destructive Individualism

Series 3, episode 1

Helen Lewis meets writers and thinkers who are breaking new ground, trying to make sense of their new ideas and find out more about the people behind them. In the first episode, , leading economists Sir Paul Collier and John Kay argue that the world is in thrall to destructive individualism, from the right's obsession with shareholder value to the left's extremes of identity politics