I have been in discussion with a number of people about the election result. Many I spoke to are deeply despondent. There has been a
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St Lucie’s Day
Today is St Lucie’s Day. It marks the shortest day of the year in the old calendar – when people began to think they might
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Who are accounts actually for?
I have a column under the above title on AccountingWEB this morning. When all is said and done, answering such questions matters, because this is
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What matters now is developing a pragmatic politics of compassionate concern
I am intrigued to see demands in Twitter this morning that I ‘own’ Labour’s election result. The implied suggestion is that I must have responsibility
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Some parts of the UK are clearly showing signs that their union with Brussels is more important than their union with London
The English election result dominates the news agenda, at least in that country this morning. But before considering it in more detail there are two
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Sure as heck it hurts
This morning will not have the dawn I was hoping for. I admit it. I tweeted last night that I had never been so fearful
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Economics for People with Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang is one of the great economists, and one of the great economic communicators of our time. He has a whole new video series
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Why are these wealthy people so much more worthy of state support than those in real need?
HM Revenue & Customs published new data on venture capital trust investment yesterday. VCTs are quoted companies that raise money to invest in start-up and
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We can no longer tolerate corporate indifference to climate change
Simon Edelsten, who is the manager of the Artemis Global Select Fund and the Mid Wynd Investment Trust, wrote in the FT this morning on
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