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How can we change the nature of the corporation?

Colin Mayer and Henry Richards outline five levers for government and business to bring about such a major shift

Re-thinking remembrance

Hew Strachan reflects on four years of commemorating the First World War

The future of the company tax

Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala explore innovative ways to overcome the difficulty of collecting tax from corporations

Lost in detail: setting priorities for corporations in challenging times

Daniela Weber-Rey looks at different approaches being pursued in Europe to restore trust in business.

Can corporations contribute directly to public goals?

Peter J. Buckley reveals the web of influences on business to ‘do good’.

The case for ‘forward compliance’

John Armour encourages firms to anticipate future social harms.

Contesting #stopIslam: Tensions around hate speech on social media

Elizabeth Poole, Ed de Quincey and Eva Giraud explore the dynamics of a racist hashtag following the Brussels terrorist attack.

The fragile future of the Cypriot Greek language in the UK

Petros Karatsareas reveals the difficulties faced by heritage language speakers in London’s Greek Cypriot diaspora.

America’s forgotten empire

Antony Hopkins reminds us that for half a century the United States was a truly ‘imperial’ power.

Up front (British Academy Review, Summer 2018)

Welcome to this issue of the British Academy Review.

Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent, from the deep past to the modern conflict

Jennie Bradbury and Philip Proudfoot reveal how agriculture is at the heart of both strife and heritage in Syria.

Optimism bias and climate change

Geoffrey Beattie explains why climate change messages are not getting through.

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