Why we posted this: Anti-GM campaigners feel very free to say the likes of Monsanto are liars – especially when the firms say they can help the Third World. The campaigners are making a very serious charge. Let’s check it out.. More »
Themes: Food / Green / Money. Posted by Richard D North on May 30th, 2008
Why we posted this: The British prime minister has been praised for signing an anti-cluster bomb agreement. But this attempt to clean up warfare may not matter much and may even backfire. More »
Themes: Campaigning. Posted by Paul Seaman on May 30th, 2008
Why we posted this: Politicians and drugs don’t mix very well. Here’s a way of untangling some of the muddle. More »
Themes: Money / Rights. Posted by Richard D North on May 15th, 2008
Why we posted this: Lots of influential books have argued that capitalism makes us unhappy. Luckily, the tide is turning. People are at last looking at the real evidence. More »
Themes: Money. Posted by Richard D North on May 15th, 2008
Why we posted this: Paul Collier is valuable and realistic on helping the “bottom billion”. More »
Themes: Food / Green. Posted by Richard D North on April 17th, 2008
Why we posted this: It’s the beginning of serious thinking about a major new problem. More »
Themes: Food / Green. Posted by Richard D North on April 17th, 2008
Why we posted this: This long-running and credible survey has useful surprises and flaws. More »
Themes: Media / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 14th, 2008
Why we posted this: The internet is changing consumer behaviour – that much we know. However, much of the research which claims to inform us about its wider implications is not credible. Here’s a classic example from KRC Research and Weber Shandwick who should know better. More »
Themes: Media / Money / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 14th, 2008
Why we posted this: It’s important to understand the new relationships Big (bad old) Pharma is forging with governments and charities to provide medicines at low prices. More »
Themes: Big Pharma / Money. Posted by Richard D North on April 11th, 2008
Why we posted this: PR professional event hosted by PRWeek debated whether PRs had a duty to tell the truth. By a narrow majority of 138 to 124, the audience voted that they did not. This is an important minefield. More »
Themes: Media / The Good Corporation / Truth & Trust. Posted by Paul Seaman on April 11th, 2008
