Economic Models

They’re a better model for current economic circumstances.

You can keep it all in the family and still compete with the big boys in emerging markets.

Thomas Piketty isn’t a household name, although that may change with the English-language publication of his magnificent, sweeping meditation on inequality, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. This is a book that will change both the way we think about society and the way we do economics.

A very brief summary of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century"

Trust is, and always has been, at the core of the economy. For hundreds of years, that trust has been tested and reinforced, and it's now more important than ever.

JUST Capital CEO Martin Whittaker says the Friedman Doctrine's time is up. He calls for a change in how companies are run and how success is defined.

The long read: After a crisis, private contractors move in and suck up funding for work done badly, if at all – then those billions get cut from government budgets. Like Grenfell Tower, Hurricane Katrina revealed a disdain for the poor

Mariana Mazzucato has demonstrated that the real driver of innovation isn't lone geniuses but state investment. Now she's working with the UK government, EU and UN to apply her moonshot approach to the world's biggest challenges

Company practices often conflict with corporate values. Closing the gap starts with communication.

Brands have a powerful opportunity to fill the void in belonging and meaning left by the decline of religion and eroded faith in government.

Will Hutton: Economist Thomas Piketty's message is bleak: the gap between rich and poor threatens to destroy us

How ideas about free markets and a doodle of an economic curve on a cocktail napkin reshaped the U.S. economy, for better and worse.

Should shareholders come first? Or employees, customers, and society in general?

WeWork has many problems, starting with unchecked CEO control There was a time when the purchase of a single share of stock would give the buyer the right to vote on company matters, and on an equal footing with other shareholders. Not so much now.

City dwellers’ skin and hair more “challenged”

Anyone watched the recent VW electric car ads and thought great idea? Similarly have you used a bamboo straw in a restaurant and thought I must get these for my children to use at home? Both provide practical and reasonably accessible ways for individuals to lower their carbon footprint. The reality

Economists are holding up a quantitative mirror to the fundamentally existential problem of climate change.

Gillian Tett on why bosses are buying into the idea of a purpose beyond profit

A debate with economics writer Steven Pearlstein.

'Rampant consumerism is not attractive'

Companies are trying to define a broader purpose for their business but the exercise is fraught with risks

Le Maire calls for sustainable economic model based on social responsibility

Mariana Mazzucato is helping everyone from the European Union to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez design economic policy.

The most quoted economist of all time is also one of the most misunderstood