Imagine you have a beloved older relative. An uncle, perhaps, who after a solid career has retired quietly with his wife to a modest home in the country. Let’s call him Jeff. There he gardens, goes for long walks and…
Month: December 2016
The intangible economy and the decline of liberal reason
Pankaj Mishra has lamented the decline of liberal rationality In an article in The Guardian today, Indian author Pankaj Mishra lamented the apparent decline in liberal rationality. “Committed to seeing the individual self as a rational actor, we fail to…
The problem with productivity
The fall in the rate of growth of labour productivity is a sign of that advanced economies could face a long period of low economic expansion and financial instability, UCL professor Michael Jacobs told the Rethinking Capitalism meeting last night…