I wish I’d been in that meeting. You know, the one where East Riding County Council instructed Jacobs Enforcement Services to recover an outstanding parking…
I wish I’d been in that meeting. You know… the one where Facebook decided to hire a scary blue chip law firm to threaten a…
“The more laws and commands there are, the more thieves and robbers there will be.” Lao Tzu Information leaked in the Panama Papers about the use…
When we find ourselves in need of a miracle there is a simple formula that can be applied: “Don’t panic, take stock, and do the…
Creative capitalism, ethical capitalism, altruistic capitalism, natural capitalism, green capitalism, distributed and democratic capitalism. Capitalism 2.0? Capitalism comes with a potpourri of sweet-scented prefixes, all…
“The highest degree of charity is to aid a man in want, not by offering a gift or a loan, but by entering into a partnership with him or by providing work for him - so he may become self-sufficient.”
Written by Maimonides - a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and astronomer - these words have been an inspiration to many. It’s a way of saying that fair and effective partnership beats the charity hand out.
You know, the one where the secretive board of VW bosses decided their future direction lay down the road signposted “Electric Vehicles”. They’ve hired Christian Senger from VW technology supplier Continental, where he was involved in the development of electric vehicle systems and autonomous-driving technology, to lead the charge. The message is clear. The mistakes of VW’s diesel-engined past will be fixed by reconfiguring their product lines around electric power.
Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, one thing has taken centre stage when it comes to economic recovery: job creation. It is under this…
The headlong rush into economic progress has made almost everyone in developed nations happy, healthy and contented. Consumerism has delivered all the stuff that everybody…
We’ve all been that person who tries to start a conversation with a bunch of strangers out of extreme social anxiety at being in a…
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Steve Keen is one of very few economists globally who perfectly predicted the 2008 financial crisis. More recently he also predicted the Chinese economic downturn and deflation in Europe. How does he keep getting these predictions correct? The secret is to look at the elements of the economy that all mainstream economists deliberately ignore.
Ross Ashcroft speaks with Roger Mavity - former chief executive of The Conran Group and author of The Rule Breakers Book of Business - about idea that success at work is much more likely to be achieved if we are happy and confident in what we do. HINT: it’s only by ignoring the conventional wisdom.
Darren Coffield is an artist and writer who feels the art world (read art industry) has become so commercialised that it now exists only to…
As the lifespan of every company shortens, paying lip service to change is dangerous and following the herd can be fatal. I’ve recently been working…
In this episode of Meet The Renegades we speak to economics writer Martin Sandbu from the Financial Times.
His recently released book ‘Europe’s Orphan: The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt’ attacks the current thinking of what politicians and policy makers in Brussels and Frankfurt consider to be self-evident.
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” So said the Red Queen to Alice…
There are vast numbers of Zombie companies out there who are paying off nominal interest payments on huge debts in order to keep the lights…
Ross Ashcroft speaks to Anat Admati, Finance and Economics professor at Stanford School of Business. She is author of The Bankers’ New Clothes and gives a truthful view into the banking sector and the damage it has caused to the real economy.
From Camp Kotok in Maine, Ross Ashcroft speaks to Leland Miller, president of China Beige Book International. They discuss the current landscape of the Chinese economy…
At Camp Kotok in Maine, USA, Ross Ashcroft speaks to author, columnist, equities analyst and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, Barry Ritholtz. They discuss the…
In this extract from the documentary Four Horsemen, some of the world’s leading economists discuss the myth of trickle down economics.
Making a job, not taking a job means so much more than simply turning your back on employment and setting up on your own. It is more a way of life, a new distinctive multiple income stream lifestyle. It requires a new way of thinking, and not relying on big business or government to put our best interests first.
We need a more sophisticated debate about business and how it impacts on wider society, writes Mark Braund.
Generally, loans are made (and money is created) for one of three purposes: to fund direct investment in the creation of new tangible wealth; to…
Kim Hill from Radio New Zealand discusses Greece, austerity and Europe’s future with Ross Ashcroft on her Saturday Morning show.
When you were born is irrelevant – how a mixed cohort now thinks — is about to change everything. When making the film Four Horsemen we regularly…
Watch our ‘Comment is Free’ piece with The Guardian.
Ed Milliband’s conference speech in Liverpool (2011) was typical of any populist career politician. The central theme was “I’m different so you can trust me…
Multimillionaire Next boss slams Living Wage campaign - a Tory peer, of course http://t.co/JkKJQ7RybK
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There is an accepted view in politics and the media that roughly equates to this: a professional class of ‘experts’ are far better at commentary…
A good company is just that - good people. Toxic workplaces eviscerate the goodwill and productivity. Habit often means we forget this.
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We now need to make a job not take a job. The co-operative structure is a wonderful solution to widespread unemployment
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Mike Lee talks technology and innovation.
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Ross Ashcroft gives the 2012 keynote for the Renegade Economist Winter Series.
The answer depends on two things: how those profits are derived, and what happens to them. Last week we noted how the senior executives and…
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A Renegade Economist exclusive with bankings best - Scott Carver
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Ross Ashcroft catches up with Britain’s Buy to Let King Fergus Wilson, a man who bizarrely seems to be totally in the dark to the…
Let's reorganize enterprises in our society so that all the workers together make the decisions - what to produce, how to produce, where to produce and what to do with the profits.
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The time to go into a new business is when it's badly run by others.
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Former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson discusses how the financial part of our society should be more constrained.