Articles for May 2009Look to the Puritans, not business schoolsSun, 31st May 2009As Larry Elliott noted in the Guardian recently, since the 1960s the liberal state has been stood on its head. Whereas 40 years ago markets were framed by strong checks and balances, while within the law individuals could, and did, tell officials to mind Individuality can banish the downturn bluesSun, 24th May 2009Lynda Gratton's new book, Glow: How You Can Radiate Energy, Innovation and Success , was written before the crunch, but many will find its subject - self-help in a globalised and corporate world - perfectly suited for the times. Don't simply stamp 'Private' on the Royal MailSun, 17th May 2009WILL ROYAL MAIL be New Labour's political and managerial watershed? There could hardly be a clearer test case of what, if anything, 12 years of bruising encounters with public-sector reform have taught it. The rich cried wolf. Now they deserve to be bittenSun, 3rd May 2009IN AESOP'S fable of the boy who cried wolf, the sting in the tail is that when the wolf actually appears, the young shepherd has lied so many times that no one comes to his aid even when the wolf is devouring the flock (and, in some versions, the boy hims |
