Person: Michael Spence

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Maximising of shareholder value no longer a firm’s main goal

The US non-profit the Business Roundtable has stated that the needs of customers, employees, and society matter as much as shareholders, writes Michael Spence

Tue, 27 Aug, 2019

Trump must deliver on the promises he made to the poor

The under-paid and the unemployed in the US distrust the experts, but will the new president repair the system he claimed was rigged and redistribute wealth, or perpetuate inequality by cutting ‘deals’ for the powerful? asks Rob Johnson

Thu, 12 Jan, 2017

How to keep China’s bubbles from causing real damage

Chinese authorities must realise that their interference in the stock market can cause more harm than good, writes Michael Spence

Fri, 31 Jul, 2015

Half-a-loaf reforms not enough to achieve economic stability

The key to a successful growth strategy is to ensure that policies reinforce and enhance one another, writes Michael Spence

Wed, 21 Jan, 2015

Return to balance will come dropping slow

Cautious optimism is in order, but pursuit of sustainable patterns of equitable and inclusive growth will be a defining feature of economic policymaking worldwide in 2014, says Michael Spence.

Mon, 23 Dec, 2013