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The Purposeful Business

Geoff Riley

12th October 2018

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Do businesses exist to make profits, or to serve a purpose? This new lecture from Gresham College looks at the current debate over purposeful businesses who are not purely driven by the profit motive.

The Purposeful Business
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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