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Spotlights 2007
- December
- Privatisation 21 years on: Profits and pitfalls - 6/12/07
The wave of privatising 43 state-owned companies started with British Gas 21 years ago. But did privatisation mean an injection of sorely needed capital, or simply selling public assets on the cheap? asks Phil Thornton. - October
- Putting biodiversity on the agenda - 17/10/07
- Biodiversity is rapidly becoming a major global challenge, with the loss of species affecting our nutrition, our health and security. But unlike climate change, biodiversity has not made any major impact in society or politics. Tim Hirsh examines why.
- September
- Striking a note for peace? - 21/09/07
- The UN International Day of Peace 21 September is meant to strengthen ideals of peace and alleviate tensions and causes of conflict. But have we come any closer to a sustainable world peace? Carolyn Allen reports.
- Private equity: Asset stripper or business boost? - 7/09/07
- Private equity owners and managers have found themselves under intense scrutiny by regulators, politicians and the media this year. Phil Thornton examines their rapidly growing impact on UK business.
- August
- The risk of uncertainty - 3/08/07
- Is our desire for control and fear of the uncertain leading to a culture of risk aversion, endangering the nation's entrepreneurial spirit? Apart from the USA, Britain is the most tightly regulated, risk averse developed economy. But social scientists are debating whether we need another way of managing risk, as Lois Rogers reports.
- July
- 4 1/2 Lessons About Consumption - 6/07/07
- Consumerism is a far more complex phenomenon than usually assumed. Consumers are diverse, increasingly assertive and mostly well informed, according to findings from the Cultures of Consumption programme. In connection with the Programme's closing event recently Programme Director Frank Trentmann sums up what new research can tell us about modern consumerism.
- June
- A Sugar Cane High for Biofuel Investment - 13/06/07
- Production is up, and use of biofuels is on the increase, as it continues to feature heavily on global agendas and bullish targets are being set by policymakers. Investment is being made to meet supply and demand, but, is it sustainable, and what are the longer term economic and environmental impacts? Tim Hirsch has been assessing the mood from Brazil.
- April
- e-ndividuals replace i-ndividuals - 30/04/07
- Electronic profile or "e-personality" has taken over from physical identity as a means of recognising and categorising people. Retailers, banks, utility companies and government agencies have found it much cheaper to minimise their contact with real human customers and now they are trying to avoid such communication altogether. Lois Rogers looks at the situation.
- March
- The 2007 Budget: Incentives for a greener future? - 23/03/07
- Chancellor Gordon Brown delivered his eleventh - and probably final - Budget this week. While announcing income come tax cuts, he also levied heavier charges for non-green citizens. Is Mr Brown giving with one hand and taking with the other? Julia Kollewe takes a closer look
- No Smoking - what seems to be the problem? - 14/03/07
- Giving up smoking is easy. What is slightly harder is sustaining the will not to start again. Though it might help reduce the temptation somewhat if it's prohibited, says Cormac Connolly
- February
- Time to get personal: The impact of private travel patterns on climate change - 14/02/07
- Businesses must put greater emphasis on changing their employees' personal travel activity if carbon emissions are really to be reduced, as Carolyn Allen finds out
- Which way for universities? - 08/02/07
- Mike Baker reflects on the many wide-reaching changes facing higher education institutions today
- January
- It's good to talk at Davos - 25/01/07
- If it's good to talk, then for the world's leading politicians, academics, economists and business leaders, this month's (January) annual meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos should be the highlight of 2007, says Phil Thornton.
- UK switches on to EU's electrical waste directive - 09/01/07
- Lois Rogers reflects on what the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive will mean for the UK, now it is joining the rest of the EU in meeting its requirements
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