Produced to price
For many people the role of manufacturing industry is an emotional issue rather than an economic one - meet the manufacturing fetishists.
Clear thinking muddied by competitiveness
We would do better to stop talking about competitiveness. It seems only to get in the way of clear thinking.
Social life of the markets
Different societies function in different ways, but Britain is really a “high trust” society. We would do well to recognise this.