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Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was previously a Professor at Cambridge University and Warwick University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He originally studied Economics and Politics at Manchester University, where he also gained a PhD on the regulation of financial services.
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 April 2021 English
The growing scandal in the UK over corporate lobbing of government – which has implicated the former Prime Minister David Cameron as well as a former civil servant – is …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 April 2020 English
This blog has been sadly neglected in recent years, as all my blogging time and energy have been taken up with my Brexit Blog. But the current coronavirus crisis prompts …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 November 2016 English
I wrote in my last post about the possibility of Donald Trump being elected. Now that it has happened, I want to share some preliminary thoughts about what it means. …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 November 2016 English
This week will see the outcome of the US Presidential election, with the possibility of the victory of Donald Trump. If this occurs it will have profound consequences not just …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 May 2016 English
Last February I wrote a post in which I peevishly listed various experiences of organizations not working very well. One item on the list concerned the problems of getting through …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 March 2016 English
There are two big news stories in the UK today. One is the closure of the Port Talbot steelworks, following a decision by its Indian owners, Tata, and due mainly …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 5 February 2016 English
The British government have today announced plans to further restrict redundancy pay-offs made to public sector employees. Proposing an £80,000 cap, this will only affect senior staff, and it is …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 January 2016 English
The phrase ‘every Prime Minister needs a Willie’ was uttered by Margaret Thatcher, apparently without realising the double entendre it contained. It was a reference to her sometime deputy as …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 January 2016 English
Over Christmas I have been reading Jonathan Coe’s latest novel, Number 11. Like John Lanchester’s Capital, which I ‘reviewed’ on this blog, it can be read as a ‘state of …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 October 2015 English
I had a plan for today’s post, which was to go back through this blog to find where I had used various news stories to make a point and to …