What is the value to the economy of the finance and insurance sectors?
On July 6th, at Gresham College, John took part in a debate on the theme: “What is the value of finance and insurance to the economy and are the right regulatory frameworks in place to underpin this...
View ArticleJohn speaks about OPM at Copenhagen Business School
Today John is talking about Other People’s Money at the Center for Corporate Governance in the Copenhagen Business School. Visit the event website for details. For those unable to make it, or to get an...
View ArticleThe purpose of the corporation
Listen to John’s keynote speech at the Creating Sustainable Companies Summit (Brussels, September 2016). The post The purpose of the corporation appeared first on John Kay.
View ArticleOther People’s Money wins a Saltire Literary Award
On November 24th, John accepted the Saltire Society Literary Award for best non-fiction book of 2016 for Other People’s Money, of which the Society says: The global economic scene, with its practices...
View Article‘Other People’s Money’ presentation in the Netherlands
For the panel discussion and a related interview on long-run pension returns refer to the associated Sustainable Finance Lab webpage. The post ‘Other People’s Money’ presentation in the Netherlands...
View ArticlePaying everyone a basic income is not a realistic or fairer way to tackle...
John Kay Mary and I have a difficult task this evening. Dr Torry has offered to lead us to the promised land. Our job is to explain that the road to the promised land is long and stony, that the milk...
View ArticleMoving Beyond “Capitalism”
I wish we would stop using the word Capitalism. It is a 19th-century term, derived from 19th-century economic philosophy. But today people who would run a mile from any suggestion that they had...
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