Basic Instincts
The value of a human life becomes clear. At last my old colleague, Felix Price, deigned to visit me last week after almost two years of retirement. I have to …
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The leaning in learning
Nigella Vigoroso-Heck is inclined to avoid bias. Our students will probably leave school with an economic mindset that reflects the biases of their teachers. I haven’t always worked at the …
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The NHS is a society rather than an economy
If markets or management aren’t the remedy to the NHS mess, what is? Valerie Iles sees an answer coming from unexpected quarters. In the previous issue of Mint Magazine Laurie …
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By rewriting our past, we can rewrite our future
Guy Dauncey looks back to see a way forward. Once upon a time, there was a revolution. I have never read about it in any history book, yet it was …
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Whatever works for you?
Earning a crust or getting a rise: there’s more to work than making bread. Why do you do what you don’t want to do? Angela Dennis thinks we should take …
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Good counsel
Socially-driven entrepreneurs are partnering with a new breed of corporate lawyer with interests that go beyond bunce for shareholders. Nina Boeger writes. UK company law makes two things clear. First, …
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The gig economy: when cool goes cold and hard
It is not just 18-20s who are playing under the uncertain contracts of the gig economy. Peter Manley shares the economic realities of gigging into your 50s. The gig economy …
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The human touch
There is a world of innovation and entrepreneurism where the bottom line is the last thing that matters. René Kemp tells. We live in a world of marketisation with its …
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Work: a situation vacant
Job’s worth: being cost effective in producing and consuming ever more things. We need a new defining idea for political economy, writes Richard Douglas. During Cheltenham Gold Cup week I …
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If the talk of a move from a shareholder economy to a stakeholder economy is to be more than just lip service, businesses need to engage meaningfully with a range …
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