Charles Leadbeater

Articles by Charles Leadbeater

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Society

A Neet solution

10 July 2008

Increasing numbers of teenagers stumble at the transition from school to work. There is an answer

Books

A series of mini-accidents always in progress

15 July 2002

Does our global economy offer us the option of a new capitalism? asks Charles Leadbeater

Ideas

NS Essay - Globalisation: now the good news

01 July 2002

Pessimists of left and right agree: we are a degenerate society, betrayed by our lust for change and obsession with fashion. Yet the world is getting better faster than ever before

Politics

Are we going to throw her away?

09 July 2001

Lara Croft is the symbol of a world-class British industry. But without better support from government and investors, it's stuffed, report Charles Leadbeater and Kate Oakley

Politics

Get online and learn to be green

05 March 2001

On the internet, you can read without harming a tree. But you can also order a dirty great van to deliver more books. By Charles Leadbeater and Rebecca Willis

Politics

Dotcoms will rise again

15 January 2001

If you now find the internet boring and clunky, wait for the next one, due in 2003

Politics

Sir Humphrey needs venture capital

27 November 2000
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A civil servant with a bright new idea will keep quiet - nobody will fund it and he'll get the blame if it goes wrong. Charles Leadbeater wants to change all that

Politics

Why it pays to be good (eventually)

06 March 2000

Focus on business ethics - Though social responsibility does not help short-term profit, it will ultimately prove essential to survival in the new economy, argues Charles Leadbeater

Ideas