Ahead of the release of his book, Britain’s Cities, Britain’s Future, Mike Emmerich looks at the issue of short-termism in policy making and sets out some ways forwards for addressing the geographic imbalance of economic growth and productivity in the UK’s cities. Encouraging long-term thinking in policy making has long been a challenge, both with […]
Social enterprises: putting the social into the economy
With market forces and state funding failing to ensure the wellbeing of our cities, universities can be the architects in the development of a new social economy, argues Mike Emmerich. Austerity. Rising inequality. Poverty. Unemployment. An ageing population. These are all challenges that exercise the great minds of the world. There is recognition that a new approach […]