No political system has given us as many wonders as capitalism. However, by promoting inequality and encouraging irresponsible risk-taking, capitalism has created deep and violent fissures in the fabric of society. Despite all this, we’re lost for any brighter ideas.

As one of the world’s most in-demand supermodels and face of some of the best-known brands, Lily Cole has seen how markets rarely value what matters to us. Having recently created a social media platform, impossible.com, where people donate and share their own time, Lily imagines a world where a gift economy is an ever-present possibility.

Now, in conversation with philosopher and School of Life founder Alain de Botton, she reveals how a gift economy in which real human needs and desires are met – and not simply the demands of the marketplace – might just be achievable after all.

Lily Cole in Conversation with Alain de Botton takes place on April 23rd at 7pm. Twin readers will receive 20% off with the promotional code IMPOSSIBLE. Get your ticket here. 

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