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Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Critical Democracy Independent Indispensable Media Vigorous

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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.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Achieved Advice Best Better Come Crave Decisions Each Even Fewer Governments Knowledge Mistakes More Possible Pound Reliable Results Scientific Should Spent Want

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As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and science, to work in the unit, dissecting and solving complex problems from GM crops to alcohol, nuclear proliferation to schools reform.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Academia Alcohol Brought Charge Civil Complex Crops Government Including Many Nuclear Outside People Problems Proliferation Reform Schools Science Servant Solving Strategy Unit Work Gm

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Advisers who think that they are very clever while all around them are a bit thick, and that all the problems of the world would be solved if the thick listened to the clever, are liable to be disappointed.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Adviser Around Bit Clever Disappointed Liable Listened Problems Solved Them Thick Think Very While Who World Would

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In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Britain Favour Finance Higher Higher Taxes Large Mansion Polls Sector Show Taxes

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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.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Attention Capitalism Data Everyday Everyday Life Exchanges Fundamentally Life Mainstream Money Oil Part People Sectors Software Taken Time Where

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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.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Activists Capitalist Economy Even Every Longer Movements Parties Political Political Parties Way

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Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Beasts Complex Economies Extraordinary Need People Range Tasks

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There are hardly any apprenticeships in care; hardly any schools preparing teenagers for jobs in care; and few signs that politicians know what to do to raise the status and rewards for what will soon be one of our most important industries.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Any Care Few Hardly Important Industries Jobs Know Most Our Politicians Preparing Raise Rewards Schools Signs Soon Status Teenagers Will

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Immigration isn't always good for the economy or jobs.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Always Economy Good Immigration Jobs

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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