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Too often, the world of party politics and the world in which most people live are too different. Party politics tells me that, as a Labour councillor, I should not like a book by David Cameron’s former special adviser. But the real world tells me that there is much,...

At least until Jeremy Corbyn’s surprise late entry, the Labour leadership race had been marked by one significant point of agreement between the candidates: that the party must shake off the impression it is anti-business. The near unanimity is reassuring. But how can...

Economics is the dominant religion in our society. The logic of the market is not a description of human but a prescription for the best life. ‘Economic man’ – independent, driven by self-interest – is proposed as a reflection of who we are, but perhaps instead it is...

There has been, in the last decade or so, a great shift in the dialogue surrounding entrepreneurship and where it stands in relation to the rest of our society. Social progress and entrepreneurship are no longer deemed antithetical, but merry bedfellows, now used more...