The political Right has always had a rather narrow interpretation of ‘pro-business’. It has interpreted it as deregulation and the euphemism of ‘flexible Labour markets.’…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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I have just finished a call with Vodafone to renew my mobile phone subscription. The gentleman on the other line was very courteous. Maybe more…
My friend David Boyle recently wrote about the re-birth of liberal economics. In particular, the renewed attention on tackling monopoly power. As he mentioned, this trend has…
I have always suspected that the Left-Right political spectrum is not a straight line, but a circle. One eventually leads to the other – and…
“Our system of corporate governance is rightly envied and emulated around the world” according to the Prime Minister’s introductory words in the White Paper on corporate governance. That…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any new political age, or groundbreaking political movement, must be in want of an economic theory. And not…
Last month, I spent a day hi yu at a public-sector shared services conference in Manchester. The experience moved me to write. I hope it…
Because its form left much to be desired, we thought it had no substance. In Europe, we are beginning to understand that we have been…
The pension implications of the collapse of Carillion are scandalous – as well as tragic for the people involved. Senior management used cash, debt and asset…
Let me start with a story, which has to be a little obscure to protect the innocent. The government has a Voluntary Repatriation Scheme for…
The collapse of government contractor Carillion will spread havoc. Sympathy for its creditors may not be overwhelming. But the impact on those who depended on…
It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of all people. Yet I have…