Inequality and social impact investment

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Social impact investments target a social objective as well as a financial return. By adding a new dimension – impact – to risk and return, the usual two dimensions that capital market investors take into account, “impact investing has the potential to...

Inequality and the Great Gatsby curve

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The Great Gatsby curve is a chart plotting the relationship between inequality and intergenerational social immobility in several countries around the world. “Social mobility is lower where inequality is higher,” said Miles Corak, from the University of Ottawa, at...

Companies are from Mars, NGOs are from Venus

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Why do companies and NGOs often find it so difficult to interact in a meaningful way? “Because they don’t consider the relationship as a mutually beneficial situation but as a case of “we want their money” (NGOs)“ or “we have to finance an NGO” (corporates), said Kim...

Sarcasm increases creativity

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“Sarcasm is considered the highest form of intelligence (Oscar Wilde) and, under certain conditions, it can increase creativity in the workplace for both expressers and recipients,” said Li Huang, INSEAD, at a seminar organised by the EIB Institute....

Housing and inequality

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Housing exclusion is a massive issue in Europe, where one in six households is living in overcrowded homes and one in nine is paying too much relative to its income, said Marc Uhry, from the Fondation Abbé Pierre, a French charity, at a seminar organised by the...