The US edition of John Kay’s newest book, The Corporation in the Twenty First Century, was recently released and is available to purchase via Amazon at the following link: ...

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How does PAYE work? What exactly is VAT? How does social security legislation or inflation affect the tax system? Why do so few companies pay corporation tax? John Kay and Mervyn King set out to ...

John combines common sense and rigorous economic thinking in a number of essays on business and economic issues – the competitiveness of UK plc, the stakeholder economy, business strategy, and ...

NEW BOOK Contact Biography RECENT ARTICLES Article Introduction: Business in Society John Kay August 20, 2024 0 Article The Biggest Avoidable Policy Disaster in British Politics John Kay December 20, ...

The promotion of competition is an existing aim of financial regulation. But in proposals around the Future Regulatory Framework in the Queen’s Speech last month, an additional objective was suggested ...

Radical Uncertainty by John Kay and Mervyn King is released 5th March 2020 in the UK. Pre-order a copy here. The title of this book, and its central concept, is radical uncertainty. Uncertainty is the ...

On July 6th, at Gresham College, John took part in a debate on the theme: “What is the value of finance and insurance to the economy and are the right regulatory frameworks in place to underpin this ...

Like everyone else in Britain, I received last week a communication from the Electoral Commission about the coming EU referendum. The pamphlet states the case for each side and gives instructions on ...

Two recent events have served to highlight the range of difficult questions raised by pharmaceuticals regulation. Last week, a man died in the French city of Rennes after a clinical trial of a ...

Shareholders own the corporation, and the duty of the directors to maximise shareholder value follows from that. I have lost count of the number of times I have been told “that is the law”. But it is ...

Established companies in all industries are inhibited in their response to radical change by vested interests inherent in their existing business models. Now, in publishing, it's time for the author ...