Geoff Mulgan

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.

Recycling is an area where jobs could be created at low cost. Green collar workers. That's not very sexy.

Many of the greatest composers and musicians do their best work in extreme confinement but we are seeing it in other fields - uses of technology to link people together in networks to solve problems and almost certainly we'll get better ideas than we would from them just doing it on their own.

Spreading an idea is hard work.

States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.

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

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