So called Corporate Social Responsibility is just a massive swindle
Modern corporations are desperate to put soul into soul destroying jobs, argues Peter Fleming
Academics
Our society can’t afford the richest 1%
In these extracts from his book “Inequality and the Social Thinker” Danny Dorling lays bare the impact of the wealthy elite on the rest of society.
Our farmers can both feed us and fight climate change
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
I’m a human not a customer
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
The threat posed by Brexit is dangerously real
Britain’s exit from the EU could trigger a long political war in Europe or worse, says historian Sir Tom Devine
Food labels are too complicated for most shoppers to understand
Clearer and more standardised food labelling would help shoppers make better nutritional choices, says psychologist Dawn Liu
Let’s make James Bond from a comp
The aspirations of state educated kids would improve if 007 was portrayed as someone from their background, says Iain Garner
These Davids reflect the UK’s social mobility problem
Lee Elliot Major of the Sutton Trust and Stephen Machin of the London School of Economics explain how Britain has become less mobile particularly at the top and bottom of society
Autonomous vehicles could generate 320,000 jobs in the UK
Autonomous vehicles will deliver a revolution in transport and mobility plus a huge boost to the economy, predicts Nicola Jennings
White working-class boys are an endangered species at university
Too often who you are born to determines whether you make it in life, says Britain’s first professor of social mobility Lee Elliot Major