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Sir Howard Seeks Angelina

Angelina Jolie should call Sir Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics. “I guess it’s true that I would answer the phone if Angelina called the LSE,” he confesses, before noting that “Sadly, my resistance has not been put to the test.” Go on, Angie, put the poor man out of his misery. […]

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What is the business of business?

On Sunday, The Economist hosted a debate in New York on the motion, “The business of business is business.” For the motion, Clive Crook, of the Financial Times and the Atlantic, and Will Wilkinson, of the Cato Institute, argued that this simple rule is a necessary “constitution” for business, to ensure that its managers can […]