Crapitalism: & the alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing
Lindsay Mackie and Andrew Simms ask why we’re not using proven alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing News last week that Capita
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Projects
February’s tale: back with the fairies
‘Back with the fairies’, by David Boyle, charts the strange revival of beliefs in fairies, asks in an age of
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At last, a vindication from the National Audit Office
It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of
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January’s tale: The magician’s house
The magician’s house, by Jan Dean, a chilly hearth-side story for the world we live in about a promise, begins
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One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale
One special day – a cautionary Christmas tale by Bill McGuire is a short, seasonal special for our project on
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The new reformation: 33 theses for an economics reformation
Marking the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s challenge to the established church, the New Weather Institute and campaign group Rethinking Economics,
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#SmogDay: remembering air pollution’s victims & clearing the air
Action: please call on MPs to sign Caroline Lucas’ #SmogDay early day motion for urgent action to clean the air
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Why people long for stories
“It takes a civilized man,” said George Bernard Shaw, “to be deeply moved by statistics.” The whole edifice of Fabian
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Milking it
Systemic corporate failures are leaving our glass of milk half empty… There’s a milk and butter shortage threatened, who would
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New: modern folk tales from top scientists, economists, ecologists & activists
Knock Twice: is a new collection of 25 modern folk tales for troubling times by a group of leading scientists, economists,
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