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The responsible economy, decoded.
Stakeholder capitalism, sustainable finance and the rules of the game, explained without the slogans.
An economy is not weather. It is a set of rules, incentives and habits that people wrote down, and that people can rewrite. Imperatives follows the people trying to do exactly that: investors who price in risks the market used to ignore, companies that report on more than their share price, regulators catching up with both, and the critics who think the whole project is a distraction.
We publish explainers, not manifestos. Every claim links to its source. When the evidence is thin, we say so.
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The three imperatives
Interdependence, justice, accountability: the three ideas that keep reappearing in every serious attempt to redesign how business creates value. What they mean, where they came from, and what they would change.
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What was "RESET"?
In September 2020, fifty years after Milton Friedman's famous essay, a coalition of business networks called for a reset of capitalism. What they asked for, what happened next, and what a scorecard looks like five years on.
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Responsible finance, decoded
ESG, impact investing, sustainable wealth management, real-estate with a purpose: a running series that separates what works from what is marketing.
Latest
- B Corps and real estate: how responsible companies choose offices and staff housing.
- "Sustainable" in a fund's name: what the rules now require in the EU, the UK and the US.
- How to read a responsible-investment policy: a 10-point checklist.
Start here
- The Imperatives for economic systems change: the framework, in plain English.
- Design for interdependence: why "externalities" is the most expensive word in economics.
- The network behind the campaign: who signed up in 2020, and where they are now.
- Listening guide: the podcasts and audio archives worth your commute.