26:4 issue contents - The New Corporatism

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Business as usual no longer holds. More than a decade on from the financial crash, fundamental failings in orthodox theories of the role of business and purpose of profit have become brutally clear. And, at the start of a new decade, growing inequality, a lack of shared prosperity, and a looming climate crisis have further exposed the limits of the status quo.

This issue looks to outline a new vision for the future of business – combining profit with purpose, to create a more just country for all.

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