Economics & Law Treasures – Page 2 – School of Philosophy

Lectures · Jul 01, 2020

Why work?

Edited summary of an online talk given by Richard Glover on 17 June 2020 One of my early recollections about the nature of work came from an advertisement for something rather sweet which suggested that consuming one a day “helps...

Submissions · Feb 29, 2020

Spring 2020 Budget Submission from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Land value Capture

This February 2020 submission was prepare by Dr Peter Bowman as Chairman of The Coalition for Economic Justice. The School is a Member of the CEJ, which provides the Secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Land Value Capture. Peter...

Lectures · Jan 27, 2020

Coffee Economics and Spirituality

A talk given by John De Val on 11 January 2020 (The views expressed in this talk are my own views, and do not necessarily represent the views of the School of Philosophy, Cambridge – John De Val) The title...

Essay · Nov 06, 2019

Just Interest

Richard Glover – September 2019 Abridged from article published in Land and Liberty (1238) with the kind permission. Interest is at the heart of today’s economy, affecting savings, investments, pensions, mortgages, the macroeconomy, and even international flows of finance....

Conference · Sep 11, 2019

This Sacred Earth

Report on one-day colloquium Eighty caring people gathered at Mandeville Place on Sunday 30th June in response to the growing awareness that the current rate of exploitation and degradation of the earth and our environment is neither sustainable nor morally...