Wishing on a star
Beware the simple solution. It could all end in tears. There was a period in history when the West’s international identity and institutions were strongly forged. This intense high-energy crucible …
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
‘Everyone needs to read this book as act of digital self-defense.’ — Naomi Klein, Author of No Logo, the Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything and No is Not Enough The …
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Will turkeys vote for Christmas?
The British Academy doesn’t seem the obvious place to start a revolution. Nevertheless, Professor Colin Mayer is leading a research project there to rethink the nature of corporations and hence, …
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Sinking in the klepto-professional reign
Capitalism needs to heal. But mounting greed among the professional classes is choking our post-crash recovery. In the run-up to the 2008 crisis, financial speculation was large, dominant and increasingly …
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