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What does respect for employees mean in the age of the algorithm?

'There’s an algorithm here, tracking a human worker. Do you not see this as a problem?’ Darren Jones, MP, chair...

What if the chancellor were an anthropist?

The 2025 Autumn Statement - a Naïve Proposal  Madam Speaker Today I wish to present the House with an entirely...

One day of Anthropy

‘A great garden is a symphony’ Thus spoke Tim Smit yesterday as – for the first time – The Eden...

Harvest Economics – sentimental throwback or idea whose time has come?

Recently, Kate Raworth the creator of Doughnut Economics, asked her twitter followers how she might better describe the flaws in...

What do we mean by growth and why do we want it?

My answer to Kate Raworth’s Question   Last  week I woke early with a strange dream still vivid in my...

Education should broaden minds. Too often we are doing the opposite.

Learn how to see. Realise that everything connects to everything else’ - Leonardo da Vinci. ‘Why do politicians fail so...

The Chancellor’s growth plan: a 20th century response to 21st Century challenges

On Friday 23 September the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his ‘Growth Plan’ speech. While the news has been full...

Can ESG be saved? Only if it radically changes its definition of governance

On holiday in Italy recently, I got talking to Mario, a wine enthusiast. We discussed an outstanding white wine which came...

A little less wishful thinking, a little more listening please

‘In Stoke-on-Trent last month, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak traded blows over everything from credit card economics to Channel migrants…The...

A new prime minister and wealth creation

The UK is to have a new Prime Minister. Tax has dominated the debate between the leading candidates. True Conservatives, it...