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Curbing high pay – Regulation or taxation?

Here’s a brain-teaser for you. Without looking, guess which OECD country has the highest level of income inequality. Now guess again. It’s Italy, followed by Chile, Portugal and Germany. The US, which would have been my guess, is down at …...

Published 8 Feb 2012 12:42 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Why would RBS staff give Zoe Williams a soundbite?

Zoe Williams has been going into branches of RBS and asking staff to comment on the directors’ bonuses. She can’t understand why they are so reluctant to respond: All I wanted was the view from the ground in RBS: did … Continue reading...

Published 5 Feb 2012 5:07 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Are managers just witch-doctors?

Anyone who reads Chris Dillow’s blog regularly will know that he is, to say the least, sceptical about the difference managers can make to an organisation. This piece made me laugh: To a large extent, the value of firms is … Continue reading...

Published 3 Feb 2012 9:35 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Will shareholder empowerment curb executive pay?

According to Reuters, even the business leaders at Davos are wondering why shareholders haven’t revolted against high pay: Several business leaders, speaking candidly during closed meetings, pointed to growing social inequality and said there was...

Published 2 Feb 2012 12:06 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Poverty, inequality and self-employment

Following on from yesterday’s post on inequality, I discovered this OECD country report on inequality in the UK. Assortative Mating (see yesterday’s post) has played a more significant role in increasing the earnings gap in the UK, says the...

Published 27 Jan 2012 11:16 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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How far has gender equality increased class inequality?

The arguments about high executive pay rumble on. I have been reading around the subject, which is complex, and I will post something on it in due course. In the meantime, though, here is an interesting discussion I came across … Continue reading...

Published 26 Jan 2012 2:10 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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NHS reforms are killing efficiency savings say MPs

The Commons Health Committee has confirmed what many of us predicted over a year ago; that the turmoil of the NHS restructure will kill off all hope of achieving the 4 percent annual efficiency savings demanded by the Nicholson Challenge. … Continue...

Published 24 Jan 2012 10:07 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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‘We’re not with the veto guy,’ say British firms

A good friend of mine, like many people from Northern Ireland, has both a UK and an Irish passport. In the aftermath of the Iraq invasion, she chose to travel on her Irish passport for a while. Given the bad … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 13 Jan 2012 8:29 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Rewards for failure – Don’t blame employment law

The people who want to get rid of employment protection will try anything. Unfair dismissal legislation has been blamed for stifling economic growth and preventing efficiency improvements in the public sector. All baloney, of course. Now, though, City...

Published 10 Jan 2012 6:19 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Thanks for 2011

The chaps and chapesses at WordPress have sent me the final stats on this blog’s visits for 2011. The most popular posts were: Murdoch’s Frankenstein - The day I posted this, the blog traffic broke all previous records, as Mr Murdoch …...

Published 6 Jan 2012 9:51 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Are we losing our autonomy at work?

The Guardian’s Aditya Chakrabortty thinks we are. While we may have more power as consumers, he says, at work we are more regimented and controlled than ever before. In shops, the layout is dictated by head office, while the produce arrives …...

Published 5 Jan 2012 11:52 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Regulating corporate psychopaths

Corporate psychopaths are still occupying positions of power, says Brian Basham. Not only that, but at least one investment bank was actively recruiting them, he claims. Should we be surprised? Not really. After all, as Joel Bakan said, if corporations...

Published 4 Jan 2012 10:03 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Will 2012 be the year the lights go out?

I arrived in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth largest city, at 5am. Something about the place didn’t look right. As I rode through the streets in a taxi, through my bleary-eyed stupor I realised why. It was pitch dark. Not pale-orange city dark...

Published 3 Jan 2012 9:11 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Re-distributing inequality

Signs of what McKinsey called “The Great Rebalancing” are all around us. I smiled when I read about the messages of solidarity sent by Egyptians to the Occupy protesters in Europe and the USA. Time was when students in cold … Continue...

Published 30 Dec 2011 1:13 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Cluedo 2012

Austerity, it seems, means that more of us are staying at home this Christmas and making our own fun. According to the Telegraph’s Harry Wallop, sales of board games are up this year, and they are especially popular among 7 … Continue reading...

Published 23 Dec 2011 10:29 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Curbing high pay – Regulation or taxation?

Why would RBS staff give Zoe Williams a soundbite?

Are managers just witch-doctors?

Will shareholder empowerment curb executive pay?

Poverty, inequality and self-employment

How far has gender equality increased class inequality?

NHS reforms are killing efficiency savings say MPs

‘We’re not with the veto guy,’ say British firms

Rewards for failure – Don’t blame employment law

Thanks for 2011

Are we losing our autonomy at work?

Regulating corporate psychopaths

Will 2012 be the year the lights go out?

Re-distributing inequality

Cluedo 2012