Dr Mehmet Asutay: The Islamic Political Economy & Social Justice

In this episode, I talk to Dr Mehmet Asutay, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance. Director, MSc Islamic Finance Programme. Director, Durham Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance. We explore the notion of political economy, we discuss what the Islamic Political economy looks like in the context of Zakat and prohibition of usury. We then move onto social justice, and how capitalism and socialism fail to deliver social justice, and wewe discuss how the Islamic Political Economy might offer solutions towards the environmental crises we are experiencing.