No time for losers
Ayn Rand preached selfishness is a virtue. Her ideas have caused terrible harm says Tom London. No doubt, there have always been selfish people, who care only about themselves and who never …
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A man and his wife
Gunnar Myrdal shared his Nobel Prize with an arch rival. Meanwhile his Nobel Prize-winning wife enjoyed less recognition. André Pedersen Ystehede and Stefan Kesting tell the story of a quest for peace, …
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Think of a number
Peter Manley questions the single number basis for claims that absolute poverty is on the wane. On 19 January, 2019 Bill Gates retweeted an infographic from Our World in Data — …
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Neoliberalism unchained
Petrobras formed the linchpin of a reindustrialisation strategy through its capacity to develop offshore oil production including the giant platforms just outside Rio de Janeiro. Jair Bolsonaro and the Rise …
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Time to lace up
Heliotropy: “We will grow taller, stronger and faster when motivated by things that are light and full of positivity.” The climate change statistics look grim. Charmian Love and Gillian Benjamin …
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Hot water – a tale of two villages
Lapoa village: some Balinese houses retain their unique, temple-like front. The cool of collaboration or the heat of conflict – what determines the outcome in commons sharing? Rahma Ma’mun takes …
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The right chemistry
“Do we have anything for a serious case of chronic CEO?” Boots was the most trusted brand for decades – Victorian values and all. Now it has slipped down the …
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Collaborate to change
Katherine Trebeck and Lisa Hough-Stewart introduce the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. In September a new collaboration announced to the world that it was here and that it has big ambitions: the …
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Plural hands to the pump
Lending a hand: an Oxford University-led initiative in Kenya is tackling the chronic scourge of poor hand pump maintenance. Two award-winning projects in dryland East Africa were based on the …
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What’s the impact of impact investing?
The roles of pay-by-result within public policy Source: Addarii et al., Funding Social Innovation (forthcoming) Filippo Addarii, Alexander Shapiro and Marco Sebastianelli offer a short introduction to the ambition, …
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