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Social enterprise

‘Globaloney’ and the myth of the borderless economy

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23 Aug 2010

Talk of ‘inevitable globalisation’ ignores the extent to which capital and its flows still reside at the national level, the importance of domestic policy and lets leaders off the hook, argues Ian Fletcher.
RSA Animate - First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

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29 Jul 2010

In this short RSA Animate, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving. View the original lecture on RSA Vision. Download a transcript of this video (pdf).
Philanthrocapitalism and the Enterprise Encore Career

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06 Jul 2010

As more people turn to more philanthropic or ‘pro-social’ work in mid- career, progressive companies need to find ways of enabling them to change the nature and focus of their work without leaving, argues technology industry expert and RSA Fellow, Steve Nimmons.
RSA Animate – Crisis of Capitalism

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28 Jun 2010

In this short RSA Animate, radical sociologist David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism, towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that could be responsible, just and humane. View his full lecture at the RSA. Download a transcript of this video (pdf).
The value trinity

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09 Apr 2010

Matthew Taylor’s third annual lecture as chief executive of the RSA was titled Left Brain, Right Brain. While the left and right alluded to political viewpoints and the focus was on public policymaking, the title would have worked if referring to business decision-making, a discipline which is overly left-brain oriented and heavily focused on analysis.