Simon Caulkin

Handy’s last book, The View from Ninety, is a moving epilogue to a long and well-lived life.

The shooting of a chief executive on a New York street crosses a new threshold of violence. But given the dark thread running through US history it can hardly be seen as a surprise.

For most people advertising was generally just a minor nuisance. But that was before ad technology turned it into a nightmare of creepiness, political manipulation and crime.

Management’s responsibility is to democratic society, not the world’s least qualified boss.

The capitulation of Big Tech’s titans to Trump’s wider agenda theatens to take management back to the Dark Ages

Social philosopher and management thinker who was known – and loved – far beyond business circles

Taxing private equity properly should be a Labour no-brainer. PE adds little social or economic value, and the only ‘outsize returns’ it reliably generates are for its own insatiable managers and founders. So why did Reeves chicken out?

Unreachable companies and impersonal institutions: a crisis of unaccountability is fuelling popular rage and a mushroom cloud of conspiracy theories, a new book suggests. For answers, ignore economics and look to cybernetics, says Dan Davies

The downfall of the US aerospace giant was not accidental. It has important lessons for the economy as a whole, not just other shareholder-driven companies.

We’re used to targeted ads – though most people hate them. The next step: with the aid of surveillance and smartphones, companies are now beginning to personalise what we pay.