The Centre for Enterprise, Markets & Ethics (CEME) was delighted to organise an event on God and Competition – Towards a Positive Theology of Competitive Behaviour. Hosted by CCLA Investment Management, the event featured a book launch, lecture, group discussion and reception. Author Revd Canon Edward Carter talked about his new book on competitive behaviour […]
Neoclassical normative economics seeks to avoid state paternalism. On the assumption that human beings display “integrated preferences” (i.e. preferences that are stable, context-independent and internally consistent), this objective may be secured by public policy objectives being based on “preference-satisfaction”. However, psychological experiments over the past 30 years have demonstrated that the assumption is false: human […]
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets, and Ethics (CEME) was delighted to co-host a roundtable discussion with St. Mary’s University on the 6th June 2019. The event took place at St Mary’s University, Twickenham and focused on Quakers, Business and Social Responsibility. Key speakers included: – Professor Philip Booth, Dean of the Faculty of Education, […]
Economics is a social science. It relates to the behaviour of human beings and its success as a science turns to a considerable extent upon its ability credibly to model that behaviour in such a way as to enable reliable predictions to be made. Neoclassical economists have focused on the concept of utility maximisation […]
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets, and Ethics (CEME) was pleased to co-host a roundtable discussion with St. Mary’s University on the 9th May 2019. The event took place at CCLA Investment Management (London) and focused on the issue of Data Privacy and Ethics. Vivienne Artz was our guest speaker for the day. Vivienne is […]
Populism seems to have taken centre stage in today’s public discourse. Whether it’s the election of Donald Trump or Brexit, media outlets, academics, and indeed, the politicians themselves seem to be pointing the finger towards populism. Yet what exactly is populism? Which social and/or economic conditions might give rise to populism? Can populism be […]
The Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME) is delighted to announce the appointment of Anne Devlin, Richard Godden and Joanna Moriarty as new members of the Board. Their unique combination of skills and experience will prove invaluable in steering the strategic direction of the organisation. Anne Devlin Anne Devlin worked for 22 […]
In a recent interview with the BBC our Associate Director, Andrei Rogobete was invited to discuss the highly contested topic of socioeconomic inequality in the UK. The full interview can be found here – some of Andrei’s main arguments include: Inequality becomes a large-scale societal problem when those at the lower end of the income […]
The Job has received rave reviews and it is easy to understand why. Its subject is an important one, the future of work in the digital age, and it is the kind of book that people like. Shell is a journalist who writes well, using eye-catching turns of phrase and telling innumerable stories to […]
Things Fall Apart: The Centre Cannot Hold- The Basis of Christian Hope This is a transcript of a talk given at St Michaels Church, Chester Square, 23rd January 2019. Part I: Things Fall Apart The title I have chosen for this talk, “Things fall apart: the centre cannot hold”, is a line from a poem, the […]
Gertrude Himmelfarb was married to the late Irving Kristol and together they formed a formidable intellectual partnership in the reassertion of conservative ideas. Himmelfarb, a historian, in this book, brings to the table the debate around poverty in Victorian England. The book was first published in 1991, but represents an important strand of thinking […]
