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During the past four years we've produced over 200 commentaries in Share Radio's weekly mailings, across subject areas which include Business, Capitalism, Economics, Investment, Environmental/Social, Politics, Spiritual and Young People.

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W/C	Category	Comment
2021-10-11	Political	Press freedom and disintermediation
2021-10-04	Political	Struggling through on charity
2021-09-27	Capitalism	‘Capitalism’ in the dog-house
2021-09-20	Capitalism	Please - scrap the prospectus!
2021-09-13	Young People	Inspiring Teenagers
2021-09-06	Capitalism	Calling for a common global approach to personal share ownership
2021-08-31	Economics	The origins of an increasingly abysmal banking service
2021-08-23	Politics	We are all complicit in Afghan suffering
2021-08-16	Politics	Where are today's Mandela & Gandhi?
2021-08-09	Politics	Afghanistan still in the spotlight
2021-08-02	Capitalism	Reason, Passion and Musk
2021-07-26	Economics	Why psychology and economics belong together
2021-07-19	Politics	Pushing hard for herd immunity - the real dangers
2021-07-12	Young People	Challenges & Opportunities for young adults
2021-07-05	Capitalism	Global Financial Services
2021-06-28	Politics	Britain leads the way in effective integration
2021-06-21	Politics	Getting the local-national balance right
2021-06-14	Young People	Inter-generational rebalancing
2021-06-07	Political	Tech giants bringing about international convergence
2021-06-01	Political	Half-term report - recovery beckons!
2021-05-24	Media	Consequences matter, even for the BBC
2021-05-17	Political	Time to place the emphasis on being British
2021-05-10	Political	Voting for levelling-up
2021-05-04	Economics	Disintermediation
2021-04-26	Young People	Large-scale virtual events to help unite young people with their money
2021-04-19	Political	Brexit Stocktake: a SWOT analysis
2021-04-12	Young People	Creating opportunity for millions of young people
2021-04-06	Share Radio	Share Radio Update
2021-03-29	Spiritual	Eight days that changed the world
2021-03-22	Economics	Mass participation in stock ownership
2021-03-15	Political	Professional training for Royalty
2021-03-08	Economics	Beware the Ides of March (plus 8 days)
2021-03-01	Economics	Banking and Housing at the crossroads
2021-02-22	Economics	Will next week’s UK Budget be smart?
2021-02-15	Spiritual	Conscience dancing on a pin
2021-02-08	Investment	What next for Bezos?
2021-02-01	Political	The EU demonstrates its dysfunctionality
2021-01-25	Spiritual	Reaching for the Soul
2021-01-18	Young People	The case for prioritising university vaccination
2021-01-11	Political	Evicted and impeached by Covid
2021-01-04	Economics	Liz Truss gets us off to a flying start
2020-12-29	Young People	Opportunity Knocks!
2020-12-21	Political	Blurred distinctions between Brexit and Covid
2020-12-14	Political	Brussels in the firing line
2020-12-07	Spiritual	Courage, Ingenuity & Learning
2020-11-30	Economics	What levelling-up should mean
2020-11-23	Capitalism	Towards active share owner democracy
2020-11-16	Capitalism	Britain needs to embrace its entrepreneurs
2020-11-09	Political	Keeping the four horsemen at bay
2020-11-02	Political	What dims the spark of human enterprise most: home-working or Covid-19?
2020-10-26	Economics	Business keeps the wheels turning
2020-10-19	Political	Economical with the truth
2020-10-12	Young People	How debt undermines hope
2020-10-05	Political	Time to look closely at Kamala Harris
2020-09-28	Spiritual	How sharing can ease the second wave
2020-09-21	Investment	Markets take the strain
2020-09-14	Politics	Mexican Stand-off with Brussels
2020-09-07	Environment	Season of re-gathering?
2020-09-01	Young People	BBC gets the story while mainstream newspapers miss the mark
2020-08-24	Environment	Measuring in Trillions
2020-08-17	Young People	‘A’ level subject choices tell the real story
2020-08-10	Capitalism	Dividends please, not space rockets
2020-08-03	Young People	Incentivised Learning
2020-07-27	Capitalism	Shares post-Lockdown
2020-07-20	Spiritual	The tragedies of unbridled self-interest
2020-07-13	Economics	Please write it off, Mr Bailey!
2020-07-06	Spiritual	Toxic Crowds
2020-06-29	Capitalism	Stockmarkets look to the future, while we live in the present
2020-06-22	Young People	Mandatory universal lockdown is 37x too blunt a weapon
2020-06-15	Capitalism	Past and present injustices make a toxic mix
2020-06-08	Young People	We must not leave Generation Z scarred by this experience
2020-06-01	Business & Media	It's time to shake up television news
2020-05-26	Economics	Technology will save us from depression - and debt
2020-05-18	Business & Media	Nemesis approaching for commercial real estate
2020-05-11	Capitalism	Capitalism must retain its public appeal
2020-05-04	Spiritual	How to use 'The Great Sabbath'
2020-04-27	Business & Media	Business Models have to change
2020-04-20	Economics	The Inadequacy of GDP
2020-04-14	Young People	Intergenerational rebalancing during the lockdown
2020-04-06	Spiritual	Beyond Things Physical
2020-03-30	Economics	The World in 2022
2020-03-23	Politics	Looking for the Silver Lining
2020-03-16	Spiritual	A time for mass micro-kindness amidst looming macro-disasters
2020-03-09	Politics	Will the UK Budget look for long-term solutions, or focus on crisis management?
2020-03-02	Politics	Will the United States see a harsh economic upside to coronavirus?
2020-02-24	Investment	Being a personal private equity investor
2020-02-17	Capitalism	All change at HM Treasury - time to democratise capitalism across the UK
2020-02-10	Business &Media	Paying for Share Radio each month - for the cost of a pint!
2020-02-03	Business & Media	Aviation at the crossroads
2020-01-27	Politics	'Get Brexit done' shows why the best outcomes are based on a clear resolve, not fear
2020-01-20	Capitalism	How Investment Clubs could give everyone a taste for capitalism
2020-01-13	Investment	Re-aligning retail investment regulation so it's fit for purpose, not Brussels
2020-01-06	Business & Media	Broadcasting in the 2020s
2019-12-30	Young People	20:20 Vision for the 2020s
2019-12-23	Spiritual	The Story of Christmas: Scripture, Tradition - and Logic
2019-12-16	Politics	The new egalitarian Conservative party rises to the challenge
2019-12-09	Politics	Conservative focus on the future, as Corbyn harks back to the '70s
2019-12-02	Economics	How institutionalising risk could impoverish Britain
2019-11-25	Young People	Calling all 16 year-olds - it's time to find your money!
2019-11-18	Politics	How to pray for the General Election
2019-11-11	Capitalism	Building permanent public support for capitalism
2019-11-04	Politics	Taking back control - what it means for individual voters
2019-10-28	Economics	Norway's lesson for the UK - and it's not about Brexit!
2019-10-21	Politics	Remainers reach for the Pannick button
2019-10-14	Economics	Stockmarkets & the Eurozone approaching watersheds
2019-10-07	Capitalism	We're all egalitarian now ..
2019-09-30	Economics	19th Century Pointers for the 21st Century economy
2019-09-23	Environment	Who should determine what is acceptable exploitation?
2019-09-16	Environment	Discounting the future
2019-09-09	Capitalism	The real economic threat is not Brexit - it's back to the 1970s with John McDonnell
2019-09-02	Politics	Politicians addicted to parliamentary anarchy
2019-08-27	Young People	17 on 1st September
2019-08-19	Young People	Young people lose out on financial education - again
2019-08-12	Capitalism	Empowering the individual, not the state
2019-08-05	Environment	How forced migration results from human failure
2019-07-29	Politics	Three days that changed the face of British politics
2019-07-22	Politics	Can Boris make a soft landing?
2019-07-15	Politics	Each to their own ..
2019-07-08	Politics	Looking on the bright side
2019-07-01	Economics	Checking the economic pulse of the nation
2019-06-24	Spiritual	Finding reconciliation & belonging by disagreeing well
2019-06-17	Economics	What constitutes economic progress?
2019-06-10	Investment	Investing for the future
2019-06-03	Business & Media	In politics & in business, inspired democrats drive change into entrenched management
2019-05-28	Capitalism	Delivering an egalitarian transformation in the United Kingdom
2019-05-20	Capitalism	BT shows McDonnell how to do employee share ownership
2019-05-13	Young People	Drawing generations together
2019-05-07	Business & Media	Sharing the journey - how politicians and financial services need to walk alongside, not talk down to, their voters and personal customers
2019-04-29	Politics	Politicians shamed into action on the big issues
2019-04-23	Environment	How folk balladeers change the world
2019-04-15	Spiritual	Divine Marketing
2019-04-08	Politics	Litany of errors leads towards 'flextension' followed by half-life Brexit
2019-04-01	Politics	Brexit chaos trumps social recovery - again
2019-03-25	Politics	Aylesbury Calling ...
2019-03-18	Politics	Challenged by the Ides of March
2019-03-11	Young People	A National Community Service for NEET young people?
2019-03-04	Politics	It's all down to Leo ...
2019-02-25	Spiritual	Praying for Reconciliation
2019-02-18	Politics	Running down the clock - Corbyn forced to take his own medicine
2019-02-11	Economics	Approaching the Breakwater
2019-02-04	Economics	Markets looking ahead - but what about the standard of living?
2019-01-28	Young People	Connecting the young with their money - will you help?
2019-01-21	Politics	The Art of Listening
2019-01-14	Politics	How will Trump leave his mark on history?
2019-01-07	Business & Media	Celebrating SME businesses - the engine-house of Britain
2018-12-31	Spiritual	Matters of Cosmic Importance
2018-12-24	Economics	Was 1,600 year old heavy metal the real cause of Brexit?
2018-12-17	Environment	Poles apart - World agrees on Climate Change, while Europe struggles on
2018-12-10	Economics	Fixed currencies - putting continents in crisis
2018-12-03	Politics	AprÃ¨s moi, le dÃ©luge
2018-11-26	Investment	Markets under pressure - how well is UK prepared?
2018-11-19	Economics	Rome wasn't built - or left - in a day
2018-11-12	Politics	Why are we susceptible to demagoguery?
2018-11-05	Politics	Time for a new referendum - in Europe, not the United Kingdom
2018-10-29	Young People	Convergent action for disadvantaged young people
2018-10-22	Business & Media	Why is trust in finance, business & politics so low?
2018-10-15	Politics	Why are post-Brexit borders an issue for Ireland when they're clearly not a problem for France?
2018-10-08	Politics	Is this the turning point?
2018-10-01	Business & Media	McDonnell and Unilever share the same cynical disregard for individual rights
2018-09-24	Business & Media	Artificially Unintelligent - the challenge to employment and competition
2018-09-17	Business & Media	Disrupting, like a commercial hurricane
2018-09-10	Politics	Moderate politicians take note: the middle-ground electorate is not just Remainers & 'Tax & Spenders'
2018-09-03	Business & Media	Big business should wake up and smell the coffee
2018-08-28	Young People	Financial capability at the crossroads
2018-08-20	Young People	'A' Levels analysed - are we preparing young people adequately for Brexit?
2018-08-13	Young People	The Child Trust Fund comes of age - your invitation to the party
2018-08-06	Economics	Interest Rates in a Digital World
2018-07-30	Environment	A sensible and effective way to tackle climate change
2018-07-23	Spiritual	Intolerance can damage your wealth. Does faith help or hinder?
2018-07-16	Economics	The United Kingdom: a Safe Haven for the EU when the Eurozone collapses?
2018-07-09	Economics	Falling Savings Ratio indicates turbulence ahead
2018-07-02	Politics	No Deal = Unilateral Declaration of Free Trade?
2018-06-25	Politics	European leadership in need of direction
2018-06-18	Politics	A better way to fund the NHS
2018-06-11	Economics	Michael Gove meets Adam Smith
2018-06-04	Spiritual	The Tragedy of Imposed Solutions, the Magic of Goodwill
2018-05-29	Capitalism	Shareowners must vote - and be able to vote - to make their voice heard
2018-05-21	Spiritual	Can unconditional love go viral?
2018-05-14	Spiritual	The Intoxicating Mix of Power and Paternalism
2018-05-08	Young People	Child Trust Funds - drawing targeted opportunity out of a universality muddle
2018-04-30	Business & Media	Costa and Amazon: the retailing revolution
2018-04-23	Economics	Common Wealth, Common Good
2018-04-16	Environment	Yearning for a sense of belonging
2018-04-09	Young People	IPPR's wrong answer to inter-generational re-balancing
2018-04-03	Environment	Climate Change - turning the oil tanker round
2018-03-26	Young People	Investing in the next generation - are we?
2018-03-19	Politics	Five heffalumps that Tigger didn't include in the Spring Statement
2018-03-12	Young People	Generations Apart - Is the pace of change denying us the ability to learn from the past?
2018-03-05	Economics	Calling time for EU action - Theresa May's free trade proposals, & the Italian challenge
2018-02-26	Capitalism	Disintermediating economic power
2018-02-19	Spiritual	What does it mean to be human? Artificial Intelligence and the Soul
2018-02-12	Investment	Interest Rates, Stockmarkets & Productivity
2018-02-05	Politics	Let Brexit take its course - the need now is to focus on the domestic agenda
2018-01-29	Investment	The long shadow of October 1986 on financial services and the economy
2018-01-22	Economics	Brown's Legacy
2018-01-15	Capitalism	Tech giants should issue free shares to their customers
2018-01-08	Economics	Re-aligning transport economics in the UK
2017-12-18	Economics	Are attitudes to ownership changing - and does it matter?
2017-12-11	Politics	Brexit Solved?
2017-12-04	Young People	Taking action to achieve social mobility
2017-11-27	Economics	The impact of technological innovation on productivity & wealth
2017-11-20	Politics	Brexit deadlines and prevarication, and the public finances
2017-11-06	Capitalism	Will the dominance of Private Equity become the Achilles Heel of the free market?
2017-10-30	Politics	Universal Credits, Benefits, Services - and the National Debt
2017-10-23	Politics	Can Philip Hammond pull a rabbit out of the hat?
2017-10-16	Investment	30 years on - what next?
2017-10-09	Politics	Pragmatic solutions needed for Brexit
2017-10-02	Capitalism	The free market under pressure
2017-09-26	Capitalism	Giving the many, not just the few, the opportunity to create wealth
2017-09-18	Economics	Prepare to say goodbye to ultra-low interest rates as inflation takes hold again
2017-09-11	Environment	What have they done to the rain?
2017-08-28	Young People	The need for a 'Financial Awareness' GCSE
2017-08-21	Young People	Are the teenagers in your family getting equipped with life skills?

We hope you'll agree that many of the ideas included in the above are indeed ideas with the potential to change the world for the better: the challenge, as always, is to act on them!

Gavin Oldham OBE

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