15 July 2008 | Forecasts proved right

Freddie Mac – when are you coming back?

What my book Why is construction so backward?, written with Ian Abley, said four years ago about today's financial crisis in the US

14 July 2008 | Times Online

Eco-imperialism is alive and well in the West

The West's pleading with China to cut carbon emissions bursts with ulterior motives

1 January 2008 | The Register

The Electric Car Conspiracy... that never was

What a hit movie really tells us about innovation

28 September 2007 | The Listener, 15 October 1987

Toward the global concept

Twenty years ago, design was just beginning today's upswing – but the US had clearly begun to regain its worldwide prominence in the field

12 September 2007 | spiked

Like it or not, coal is vital to Asia’s growth

Those calling on China and India to ‘kick the coal habit’, and opt for less sooty forms of energy, overlook the vast benefits of coal use for those nations.

30 August 2007 | spiked

Let’s research our own R&D record

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development may be right that the Chinese are sluggish on research and development. But the same is true of America and Europe

24 July 2007 | spiked

Three cheers for China’s ‘economic miracle’

Ignore the Yellow Peril view of Chinese economic growth as dirty and dangerous. There are good reasons to welcome China’s leaps forward

12 July 2007 | spiked

Let's fight back against the new Model Army

Like voodoo forecasts, computer models of climate change are being used to stifle political discussion and resign man to his Fate

25 July 2006 | spiked

The folly of carbon swipe cards

David Miliband is right: his plan for all citizens to carry around a card that measures their use of carbon will be seen as ‘burden’ by most of us.

10 July 2006 | IT Week

Unhappy? Don’t blame IT

If you’re feeling sad and lonely, cutting back on IT gadgets won’t help

12 June 2006 | From the Archives: The Listener, 12 June 1986

Naval supremacy still rules the world

From the North Sea to Ronald Reagan's 600-ship navy, it was the same story: who controlled the seas, controlled the Earth 36kB

Winter 2005 | Design Indaba, South Africa

Take design advantage

Would you bet money on South Africa getting ahead in the global design game? What is it that really holds the Third World back?

15 December 2004 | UK Trade & Investment

Globalisation and the agile economy: Great Britain as a case study in the EU

To accompany a UK Trade & Investment seminar in Paris, this paper looks at EU experience with foreign direct investment, focusing on French investment in the UK 120kB

20 July 2004 | UK Trade & Investment

The globalisation of UK manufacturing and services, 2004-24: toward the agile economy

For both inward and outbound investment, as well as exports, the UK economy requires a new, agile approach 226kB

9 March 1992 | Management Today

No computers, no culture

London's cultural trade cannot alone restore the city's self-respect. What it needs is to exploit the wider 'culture' of IT