Just coz we feel it, doesn’t mean it’s there
So the great British public are “wrong about nearly everything”, according to research by Ipsos Mori. Apparently, as a nation, we massively over-estimate the scale of problems across a range
US economists’ rallying call for a 21st century revolution
Since Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan came to power 30 years ago, the neo-liberals have had it pretty much all their own way in terms of prevailing economic thought and
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European CSR awards: promoting another way of doing business
In today’s post-crash, on-off recessionary, pre-bond apocalypse world, it’s all too easy to be cynical about the role and motives of business and government. The crisis of confidence in business
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Time to shine a light on corporate welfare
While the attack on social welfare threatens hundreds of thousands in the UK with destitution, there has been virtually no public discussion about the role, cost and desirability of corporate
Bringing the banksters to book
http://youtu.be/8OakEqlYII4?t=4m5s With publication in the UK of the latest report into banking standards, here’s an interesting discussion on Thursday’s BBC This Week programme which invited former market trader and financial
Parliament backs plans to cull paupers
Satire today, government policy tomorrow…
UKIP activist threatens to sue anyone who points out he called Lee Rigby’s family ‘idiots’
Delightful though it is to have a new serious political challenger in the mix, exactly how serious they’ll be seen in the run-up to the next general election remains to
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MPs and peers back Britain’s first regional renewable energy manifesto
Ben Bradshaw with Regen chief executive Merlin Hyman Twenty-three MPs and Peers supported the development of a world-leading renewable energy industry in the south west of England today when they
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Just another day in Israeli-occupied Palestine
Unless you’re especially interested in following these things, it is difficult for many people who enjoy the freedoms that a modern democracy offers to fully appreciate the daily grind of
In pursuit of happiness, part 2: The world of work
Like father, like son: a parent’s life chances are, more often than not, passed to their children Being a reader of this blog, you’re obviously dynamic, tenacious and results driven.