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A citizens’ economy for tomorrow’s world

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15 Jun 2017

Kenny McCarthy

For the final challenge of the Citizens’ Economic Council, we’re crowdsourcing your ideas on how we can shift the incentives within our economy to meet the needs of tomorrow.
UK Democracy Must Do Better Than This: Reflections on the General Election 2017

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09 Jun 2017

Reema Patel

Reema Patel reflects on the result of the UK General Election 2017 which has resulted in a hung Parliament. Contempt for the electorate, lack of linguistic clarity and political game playing revealed a UK democracy at its worse. We can, and must do better than this. The starting point is to clean up our act.
UK democracy must do better than this: reflections on the General Election 2017

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09 Jun 2017

Reema Patel

Contempt for the electorate, lack of linguistic clarity and political game playing revealed a UK democracy at its worse. We can, and must do better than this.
Better than experts? How citizen deliberation can improve decisions

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01 Jun 2017

Tony Greenham

One of the ideas we are testing with the Citizens’ Economic Council is what role could deliberation play in making better economic decisions, whether in Whitehall or in the Boardroom. What qualities and insights does deliberation bring to the policymaking party? Here are three reflections from the Citizens’ Economic Council.
Democracy is good for us (or 25 great public policy failures)

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18 May 2017

Anthony Painter

The idea that representative democracy, when left to its own devices, is coming up with the best outcomes is not convincing, argues Anthony Painter.
Uniting behind the mission: reconciling managers, shareholders and society

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18 May 2017

Tony Greenham

The interests of managers, shareholders and society can often come into conflict. Uniting behind a clearly articulated mission can help reconcile these conflicts, but we still need to have robust measurements to hold corporate executives to account.
What is good work? Thoughts from the Citizens' Economic Council

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10 May 2017

Reema Patel

Following RSA Chief Executive Matthew Taylor’s annual lecture on the value of good work, Reema Patel introduces some thoughts and reflections on the importance and the value of work from the RSA Citizens’ Economic Council, the RSA’s citizens’ panel of 50 citizens reflecting on the future of the economy.
Youth political participation: a vote alone is not enough

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03 May 2017

Laura Partridge

Laura Partridge spoke on behalf of the RSA Citizens' Economic Council on youth political participation at the 2017 Creative Collisions conference. She reflects on what the RSA have learnt about youth engagement and participation through the Citizens’ Economic Council, as well as on the insights of fellow panel members and delegates at the conference.
A day in the life at the RSA– Kayshani Gibbon, Citizen’s Economic Council Intern

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27 Apr 2017

Kayshani Gibbon

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A word (or two) from Tony Greenham, Director of EEM

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27 Apr 2017

Tony Greenham

As we launch into 2017 it seems that, just like buses, all three of the Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing team’s (EEM) core themes have arrived on the political and social agenda at once.

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Latest thinking

A citizens’ economy for tomorrow’s world

UK Democracy Must Do Better Than This: Reflections on the General Election 2017

UK democracy must do better than this: reflections on the General Election 2017

Better than experts? How citizen deliberation can improve decisions

Democracy is good for us (or 25 great public policy failures)

Uniting behind the mission: reconciling managers, shareholders and society

What is good work? Thoughts from the Citizens' Economic Council

Youth political participation: a vote alone is not enough

A day in the life at the RSA– Kayshani Gibbon, Citizen’s Economic Council Intern

A word (or two) from Tony Greenham, Director of EEM