In 1841, Charles Mackay wrote his famous book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, to describe various

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I've just had a sneak preview of the first draft of next year's Conservative party election manifesto. It was a

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The dilemma for service providers in countries with defined hierarchical norms is fascinating. Jitender Dabas argues that the increasingly rude

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Kamil Michlewski explains how offering too many channels discourages customers from using any of them

Consider this simple scenario: a

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IN SEPTEMBER 2011 I reached the age that Cardinals retire. Because I have spent all my working life, except my

Allyson Stewart- Allen enjoys the commercial inventiveness that was sparked in the US by the recent royal wedding

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One of the problems with working is that there is never enough time to read – even if you want

When is a consumer durable not a consumer durable? The answer, of course, is when it’s an indispensable status symbol

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BACK IN 1955, starbursts were a sort of communications prophylactic. The Television Bill had been lengthily and fiercely debated: it