The Labour leadership is recruiting Mariana Mazzucato and Thomas Piketty to revolutionise thinking about the way the UK economy should work
Ford is trying a bold new strategy to persuade the car-buying classes that, without quite going for the Ratner strategy of rubbishing its own product, it is now building something of novel and world-beating excellence. #Unlearn is a smart way of selling the idea of a change of direction.
My interest in cars expires with a recognition of the strategy, so I’ve no idea whether the product matches the claim. But I like the idea. Labour could use some of this. In fact, it is on it already.
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