A perplexing dilemma

Judie Lannon

Judie Lannon introduces the Q4 2015 issue of Market Leader which focuses on market capitalism and the dilemma of how to maintain the best aspects while reducing injustices.

A perplexing dilemma

Judie Lannon

Set against the political upheavals we are seeing in Britain and Europe, and the interest in left-wing parties promising a more equitable society, our lead article by Charles Handy asks a pertinent question. Economists and other pundits from across the political spectrum have critiqued the way the rich appear to be benefiting disproportionately from the market system in its current form. But, as Professor Handy knows well from his experience of the business world, market capitalism is the best system invented to produce innovation and growth. That it is now out of kilter seems widely...

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