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More or less equal?

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My first real consciousness of the super-rich happened as a teenager while working over the summer for my black-sheep uncle, a 1960s hippy turned Parisian artisan woodworker for the rich. …

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Whose news?

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So COP27 is in November.  Last year the build-up seemed huge for the last international climate conference in Glasgow, COP26.  This time; not so much.   But is that my UK …

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The 70s? Not again.

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If you remember the 70s then you weren’t there. That was the oft-cited summary of the time as shrouded in a narcotic haze. I, however, do remember the 70s quite …

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Ground control

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Control of land has been a key driver of wealth, power and conflict for most of human history.  The industrial revolution changed all that as power shifted from landowners to …

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Enlightenment goes viral

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I am not a believer in conspiracy theories, but for one moment let’s imagine there exists a shadowy secret society bent on world betterment… The Society had been increasingly worried. …

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Keep calm, don’t carry on

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I was asked recently, did I think there was time to avoid climate chaos. I couldn’t help myself.  I got caught by the urge to reassure: “Oh yes,” I said, …

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Which way does digital point?

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How did we end up here? Midwife to the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, called his vision for the web “utopian.” He wanted it to be a place where all people had …

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What is corruption?

30/03/202103/06/2021 - 1 Comment

After all, it’s hard to bite the hand that feeds you. As a teenager, I recall my father informing me that to make real money you need to be close …

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Rein in men

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  Women’s reality is often invisible in economic analysis and that’s not hard to see. And the lack of women in economics too is clear, even outside the mainstream. The …

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Building forward is better

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It now seems like a long time since the ritual Thursday clapping and the peace that allowed us to hear the birds.  As the tragedy of suffering and death grew …

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