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  Frank Prochaska describes Christianity & Social Service in Modern Britain as “an interpretative study, which seeks to contribute to the history of social service, religious decline, and democratic traditions” (page (vii)). There is no doubt that, between the late Victorian years and the twenty-First century, the voluntary provision of social services in the UK was substantially replaced by State provision and, over the same period, Christianity in the UK declined. Frank Prochaska seeks to examine the connection between these two processes. He does this by first examining the beliefs…

  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) was delighted to host roundtable discussion  on the topic of “Offshore Financial Centres: Tax Havens or Capital Efficiency?”. Our distinguished speakers were Barbara Ridpath, Director of St. Paul's Institute and Prof. Philip Booth, Director of Research at St. Mary's University.   The event took place on the 23rd May 2018 at the London Stock Exchange.   Picture Gallery  

The great contribution of this book, edited by Alex Nicolls, now a Professor at the Said Business School in Oxford, is that it brings together in one place, and for the first time, the exciting stories of social entrepreneurship, analysis of issues and the academic research agenda. In doing so, the book is well-placed to look forward. Social enterprise and the wider agenda of social entrepreneurship is a creative and innovative agenda of new initiatives to deal with social need, harnessing business approaches to social objectives. Alex Nicholls, in his…

  Economics for the Common Good is the latest publication by the 2014 Nobel Prize winner in economics, Jean Tirole. Among his numerous accolades, Tirole is currently the chairman of the Toulouse School of Economics and the Institute for Advanced Study at Toulouse 1 University Capitole. Some of his most notable books include The Theory of Corporate Finance (2005); Financial Crises, Liquidity and the International Monetary System (2010); and The Prudential Regulation of Banks (1994). Throughout his academic career Tirole specialised in macroeconomics, game theory, and methods of industrial organisation and competition policy (for which he was…

  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is delighted to announce the publication of Making Capitalism Work for Everyone - Vol. 1 & 2, edited by Richard Turnbull and Tim Weinhold. Table of Contents Introduction – Richard Turnbull and Tim Weinhold Volume One Chapter 1: Instilling Values in Business – Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Chapter 2: Re-imagining Capitalism for the 21st Century – Chris Pinney Chapter 3: Recovering Moral Purpose in Capitalism – Richard Turnbull Chapter 4: Capitalism's Great Divide: The Two Sides of Self-Interest – Tim Weinhold Chapter…

I have to begin by declaring something of an interest. Before becoming a priest in the Church of England I was an entrepreneur and writer of business books. For the majority of the time I ran my brand agency I was a non-Christian. Looking back, I think we managed to be a highly ethical business with no direct input from Christian sources. At one point I hired an ex-priest who came to work for us. I remember him saying that we were far more ethical than any Christian organisation that…

  The Poverty of Nations comes with enthusiastic endorsements: Robert Sirico says that “The table of contents alone provides clearer instruction than many graduate students get in economics courses” and Rick Warren asserts that “It should be required reading in every Christian college and seminary, by every relief and mission organisation, and by every local church pastor”. The authors have high ambitions: they state that their goal “Is to provide a sustainable solution to poverty in the poor nations of the world” (page 25) and that their “primary audience” is…

  Richard Heinberg is an American journalist and author that has dedicated most of his writing career to environmental causes. His most notable works include publications such as, The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003), and Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (2004). Just from the book titles alone, an astute reader can gain a sense of Richard Heinberg’s environment angle. Indeed, there is a common thread that flows throughout his body of work and which is probably best exemplified in the book…

  A Voice To Be Heard is not a systematic economic, theological or historical analysis of Christian entrepreneurship, although it contains a number of economic, theological and historical observations. Instead, it comprises ordered reflections on Christian entrepreneurship based around the stories and thoughts of 50 contemporary Christian entrepreneurs interviewed by the authors. The authors are the well-known Director of Faith in Business at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Richard Higginson, and the rather less well-known Zambian entrepreneur, Kina Robertshaw. They say that the book is “for actual entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs and anyone…

  Peter Selby’s polemic against modern money, An Idol Unmasked, was published a few years ago now, in 2014, but captures an attitude to money and modern finance that remains widely prevalent. It is, as he says, a book ‘about money, what it has become, and what it represents in our lives’ (page 3). His key claim, expressed repeatedly throughout the book, is that money has acquired the characteristics of an idol. It now rules peoples’ lives in a way it never quite did before. ‘The quite widely held view,’…

  The Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) was delighted to hold a lecture and roundtable discussion  on the topic of “Capital Markets for the Good of Society”. Our distinguished speaker was Dr Lyndon Drake who recently published on that topic with CEME. "Capital Markets for the Good of Society" is available to order as a publication here.   Discussion Minutes: Tuesday 14th November 2017 - London Stock Exchange   Welcome from Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach: A divide exists between theologians and academic economists, as well as financial practitioners. Lyndon Drake…