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During the past three years we've produced 175 commentaries in Share Radio's weekly mailing, across subject areas which include Business, Capitalism, Economics, Investment, Environmental/Social, Politics, Spiritual and Young People.

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W/C Category Comment
2021-01-18 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 Après moi, le déluge
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?

 

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