Sympathy For The Devil

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 By John Sarsfield

Please don’t judge me but a small confession to begin: I actually feel a little sorry for Goldman Sachs. I know – how much sympathy can you have for a bunch of people who are richer than God?

The giant vampire squid has been flogged by everyone,…

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Blinkered Board Directors

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 By Matt Edwards

It’s Monday morning and it’s pouring with rain.  The perfect backdrop for the release of Transitions,…

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The Post-consumption Consumer

Monday, January 4th, 2010 By Alison Wright

I recently saw a press ad in the government’s ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ campaign encouraging people to buy less stuff. Somewhat unusual for an ad, not to mention demonstrating a pretty fundamental contradiction between environmental and economic policy!

In modern consumer society, marketers…

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Welcome To The Jungle…

Monday, December 21st, 2009 By James White

What a year it’s been in the City.

We started 2009 battered and bruised as the seismic ripples of Lehman’s collapse continued to pummel the UK’s financial services sector and, as markets around the world maintained their decline, the global economy teetered on the brink.

Fast forward 12 months…

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