In theory, a system of universal payments to all without regard for need – like UBI or Universal Basic Income – seems to have a…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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Two broad sets ideas have shaped the practice and philosophy of political economy during much of the Industrial Age. One of these is collectivist thinking, which argues…
This letter appeared in the FT Maybe we shouldn’t take the conclusions from Scientific Beta that environmental, social and governance stocks fail to outperform too…
What is it about the UK, that our central purpose seems so, well, snobbish? Take for example, John Betjeman’s brilliant satire of a rather wealthy…
This article was also published in the Times of Malta Every epidemic generates the same call from the same groups of people – suspend intellectual…
Earlier this month, more than 20 national and local independent business organisations in the United States launched a joint campaign to get American policy makers…
Finance impacts all aspects of our lives, from our economies to social cohesion to the ecological systems we depend on for our very survival. As…
Nick Silver has been carrying the lessons learnt through positive psychology through to economic theory. In his blog Positive Psychology and the End of Economics, he…
Elderly gentleman seeks high-class owner for stunning West Country property, great outlook. Buyer needs to comply with some conditions – including planning restrictions. Further details…
In 1957 the then Prime Minister Harold McMillan famously said “most of our people have never had it so good”, yet now over 60 years…
On 23 March, Boris Johnson told the 1922 committee that we have success with the vaccine because of “capitalism” and “greed”. Then he added: “forget…
How will we remember these years – so alive with new thinking and new ideas, yet so few of them filtering through to those who…