The idea of a social economy is not particularly new, but in the UK at least, it remains rather an under-used and ill-defined idea. So, what exactly is a social economy? In this blog, Bristol activist Jim Brown discusses its …
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The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
In this blog, Diana Finch, Managing Director of Bristol Pay, and previously Bristol Pound, explains how we might be able to use tokens to measure non-financial values. How can we ‘value’ that which is beyond valuing?
As the …
Why Green Jobs Aren’t Good Jobs Yet
In this blog, Ed Atkins from the IEI Steering Committee and the School of Geography considers some of the complexities of policies that promise ‘green jobs’.
Why green jobs aren’t good jobs yet
Ed Atkins, University of Bristol
In his …
Social Brands and Socially Useful Marketing
Jim Brown, Bristol based activist and co-operator, asks whether ‘social brands’ might transform capitalism.
Social brands and socially useful marketing
When I first read Naomi Klein’s book No Logo I was both puzzled and excited. Published in 2000, it is …
How Accounting and Finance can take sustainability beyond ‘blah, blah, blah’
By Dr Alice Bryer
In this piece, originally published on the Accounting and Finance blog, IEI Steering Committee member Alice Bryer shows us why measuring costs and investments matters to producing a greener and fairer economy.
“Accounting and …
B Corps. A force for good?
In this blog, published to support our B Corp event, Malu Villela from the School of Management and IEI, discusses her research on B Corporations. Can they really save people and planet?
B Corp certification offers a comprehensive framework …
Union co-ops: decent work for a better work
Anita Mangan, one of the IEI steering committee and a lecturer in the School of Management, brings us a blog from the union-coops movement. How can the strengths of trade unions and co-operatives be brought together?
The …
Creative Industry Paradoxes: New business models and spaces of change
Malu Villela & Alice Willatt, researchers at the University of Bristol working on an IEI Bristol+Bath Creative R&D project, explore the possibilities for new business models in the creative sector.
The creative industries are not short of paradoxes. A culture …
A new future for Capital?
Jim Brown, a Bristol based co-operative activist, discusses how we can talk about alternatives to capitalism without being ‘anti-capitalist’.
Capitalism is not a word used much in polite business circles. It pigeonholes the speaker as a hard left, anti-business, academic …
Airport towns like Luton and Hounslow are suffering as people fly less often – here’s how to help them
Tens of thousands of aircraft have been grounded for well over a year due to the pandemic. In April 2020 air travel around the world was cut by 94% from April 2019. By June 2021 it was still 60% down…