Do you think it should be compulsory to pay into a pension?
Reblogged from Steve J Bicknell: A government think thank, Policy Exchange, have urged the government to make it compulsory that people save for their retirement. Their proposal the 'Help to Save'...
View ArticleFunky New Job Titles
Reblogged from theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2014: Below is an extract from a posting we made back in 2008. Maybe still relevant today: In this new, new world of work What titles are there yet to lurk? The...
View ArticleThe Market Burden
theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2014:Thoughts on regulation and a skewed market: Originally posted on theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2014: Illustrates the intersection of supply and demand curves as the free market...
View ArticleImmediacy – Analysing the Behavioural Dimensions
theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015:Revisiting some posts from 2013… Originally posted on theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015: The problem of getting too distracted by constantly fire-fighting in business settings We...
View ArticleThoughts on 2014 – Moral Hazard PLUS – Part 1
Reflections on 2014 As a behaviourally focused economics publication we have been very quiet and inactive during 2014. A year of reflection and introspection, however, we are ready to resume service,...
View ArticleMoral Hazard PLUS – Part 2
Part 2 – Revelations In part 1 of this article we focused on the economic cycles and the underlying drivers for future Moral Hazard risks. In today’s edition we will dwell a little on the...
View ArticleCapricious Markets
theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015:Some thoughts on #Markets and #Risk from our archive (2010). Still relevant today? Originally posted on theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015: The market is capricious. We are...
View ArticleSustainability I
theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015:An opinion piece we published in 2010 on Sustainability we believe to be as relevant as ever today… Originally posted on theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015: The focus on...
View ArticleThe “Harsh” Market
theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015:In light of the UK #Election2015 and the build up to May 2015; we review a thought piece on actions required during the period following the May 2010 election. How did the...
View ArticleExpectations: Mis-sold
We are picking up on a theme we have been experiencing and confirmed by this HBR article published in 2012: Job and Career seeker’s unfulfilled EXPECTATIONS The word expectation has several...
View ArticleWake up Britain. You are a #TAX Haven too!!!
Let’s just pause for a moment: #Tax avoidance talk is all the rage at the moment… In order to redress the balance of negative sentiment, combined with a political(ly) charged environment with...
View ArticleTaxes, Tobacco, and the Laffer Curve
theMarketSoul ©1999 - 2015:As the economic credentials of the political parties in the UK 2015 election get scrutinised, it is worth bearing in mind the ‘Laffer Curve’ effects on fiscal policy. Don’t...
View ArticleTax and morality? The two should never meet…
The language, or rather political language de jour, is for the canvassing potential members of the next parliament (Parliamentary candidates in the UK) to merge two very different concepts into one,...
View ArticleThe problem with INTEGRATION
[PART I] Our view on the fundamental problem with integration is that the word does not contain the 4Cs of essential successful outcomes: Communication Change Management effort Control and Coordination...
View ArticleCre8ing #Context – A reflection on #Marketing
Reflections on marketing What is marketing all about? How often do we ponder this question and enter into a circular debate abut the analysis part, the tactical bits, the execution or the philosophy...
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