Social & the gift economy

The gift economy was a buzz topic a while ago – but it should be taken back out and re-examined in light of social media advances

The social economy & countervailing power

Is social media a big thing, or a fundamental change?

Reconstruction: learn lessons from Iraq Mr Osbourne george osbourne

Tearing down the economy is easy, but where’s the reconstruction plan? We had none for Iraq, but we’ve still not learnt the lesson.

Power East India Trading Company Flag

Is an election which started with manifestos and personal charm, being reduced to a scramble for power?

The powers that be

Wherever there are people, there are hierarchies.

Marketing destroys £7 for every £1 earnt

A great study from a very interesting outfit on why I am destroying value – but not as badly as tax accountants! The bigger point in it is that social cost needs to built into