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Health is already a dominant sector in most societies and the one most guaranteed to grow.

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Geoff Mulgan
Age: 64
Born: 1961
Born: January 1
Economist
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Health
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Teenagers learn best by doing things, they learn best in teams and they learn best by doing things for real - all the opposite of what mainstream schooling actually does.
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All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.
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By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties - particularly restrictions on free assembly and about the rising tide of everyday regulation has seriously impeded community activity - from organising street parties to helping children.
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Systems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety.
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Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers.
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The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.
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Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks.
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Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats promote their welfare deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.
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With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are.
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L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.
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The City of London has never been known for understanding technology and has never matched Silicon Valley's tradition of knowledgeable investment in technology start-ups, just as the U.K. government has never matched the vast investment made by the U.S. government.
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Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare.
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I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.
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All real capitalisms are impure hybrids, mongrels mixed with other strains.
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