List of The last word Archive

Building the Core Economy

Video

11 May 2011

Edgar Cahn, founder of the global TimeBanking movement

Ask not what the state can do for you

Blog

11 May 2011

Matthew Taylor

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a number of people trying to work out how to respond to the idea of the Big Society. As I said yesterday, the report on Monday of the ACEVO Commission on the Big Society is likely to provide plenty of ammunition for those critical of the implementation of the idea, but this conversation was more at the level of principle.

Small but perfectly informed

Blog

10 May 2011

Matthew Taylor

After yesterday’s massive screed of a blog (someone sent me a text saying ‘I read the first half but had to stop when I realised I was losing the will to live’), something shorter and lighter.

The Future of Power

Video

10 May 2011

Joseph S. Nye, one of America's leading policy intellectuals

Barking up the wrong tree

Blog

09 May 2011

Matthew Taylor

It really isn’t fair. I don’t just mean West Bromwich Albion being trounced yesterday by arch enemies Wolverhampton Wanderers nor even my son’s team (which I ineptly manage) losing twice at the weekend. At least there was some joy in being the proud son as my mother received a civic award from Southwark.

The Normalisation of Gambling in the UK

Comment

06 May 2011

Gambling policy is a hobby horse for politicians and an easy target for wider concerns about human behaviour. Steve Donoughue argues that we need to view concerns in the context of history and the liberalisation of advertising and markets.

After the elections: Britain in the 2010s is getting eerily similar to the 1930s

Blog

06 May 2011

A financial crash followed by a serious recession that leads to a crisis in public finances resulting in a cost-cutting coalition government that ultimately leaves everyone but the Conservative Party in the political wilderness.  And all set in a context of geo-political uncertainty driven by civil strife and violence in parts of the world with huge military and economic importance.  A pretty good description of the way things are going now but an equally good one for the early 1930s. 

Social Enterprise: What's that all about?

Comment

05 May 2011

John McMullan FRSA, believes that social enterprise will play a significant part in our economic recovery but in a unique role that places social impact and social values at the heart of service delivery.

The RSA/Hansard Society AV Debate

Video

05 May 2011

With Dr Alan Renwick, John Rentoul, Robert Colvile and Ruth Fox