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Attacking the recession
How are we all going to cope? Is there anything our sector can do collectively? What approaches will most effectively mitigate the working circumstances?
Introducing NESTA's Attacking the Recession Charles Leadbeater says: "This paper maps out a way to understand the underlying causes of the recession that has just begun and to chart a way through. At its heart is a simple idea: this is a recession brought on by the ultra-networked character of the modern economy and the solutions will be more effective if they work with and reshape their networks. Responses to the recession that work through networks are more likely to be effective than either purely state or purely market based remedies."
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First published: a-n.co.uk October 2008
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