Geoff Mulgan Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)
Geoff Mulgan quotes and sayings page 6 (educator). Here's quote # 51 through 60 out of the 82 we have.
“Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money, their data, their time and their attention are routinely taken in fundamentally asymmetrical exchanges.”
“The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police had, and, just possibly, excused by the fact that a terrorist action in Britain linked to British Muslims would have been hugely damaging.”
“Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism.”
“Governments should want and even crave the best possible scientific advice. With reliable knowledge come better decisions, fewer mistakes and more results achieved for each pound spent.”
“In every capitalist economy there are anti-capitalist movements, activists, and even political parties; in a way, that there are no longer anti-democratic movements, activists, and parties.”
“Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thousand.”
“Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.”
“Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.”
“Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers.”
“In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.”
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