The news that the Conservative Party intend to facilitate greater employee ownership in public services is one of the boldest policy announcements of David Cameron’s leadership. Labour has already...

These days, you can’t buy so much as a chocolate bar without being given a receipt. What’s behind this unnecessary pedantry?

Chris Anderson's big idea is to charge nothing for everything. It's good publicity for his own brand; but not necessarily good business for everyone else

The story of Gordon Brown's tax credits policy is a mixed one. Billions have been directed to the low-paid, helping to take the edge off rising inequality. But the failure of the policy's architects...

All this talk of "community" distracts us from the task of actually living together

Digital technology hands more power and convenience to the individual consumer. But technologies of connectivity can threaten stability and community. We need a new ethics of inconvenience