Chief-Exec series: The iceberg of intangible capital
From running a business to managing an economy, understanding the value and whereabouts of capital assets is vital. But this isn’t as easy as it…
From running a business to managing an economy, understanding the value and whereabouts of capital assets is vital. But this isn’t as easy as it…
Here is a chart that reveals a UK economy in the doldrums and shows where it could be heading. John Egan decribes the challenges this…
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, we add our energy-dissipative view of the interactions of labour and capital in…
Today sees the publication of a comprehensive review of the state of the nation and the potential impacts of Brexit in the OECD’s 2017 economic…
Imagine Apple Inc. as a quintessentially huge machine fuelled by investment, converting labour into value and, via sales, into revenue and profit. John Egan looks beyond…
At the heart of a modern economy there beats a pacemaker with a rhythm that in large part sets its productivity, its exchange rates and…
International trade has led to an equally global backlash from citizens of advanced economies against the economic deprivation to which they feel exposed, John Egan…
Are your aching knees becoming rather more painful? If the answer is yes, the United Kingdom industrial strategy could have particular pertinence. John Egan traces…
A slew of new United Kingdom productivity statistics were yesterday released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The headlines tell a familiar story, but…
UK Prime Minister Theresa May could find herself on the horns of a dilemma She has a problem. To quell the unrest that led to…