Everyone knows of great projects that were too dependent on a charismatic individual, or simply too expensive to be replicated.

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far it soon becomes poisonous.

Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism.

Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.

The idea of entrepreneurship applies as much in politics, religion, society and the arts as it does in business.

Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers.