• Rosie Collington on How the Consulting Industry Weakens Businesses, Infantilizes Governments, and Warps Our Economies

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to the co-author of Big Con, Rosie Collington about how how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies.

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    Rosie Collington is a PhD candidate at the University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, where she researches outsourcing. She has written for The Guardian (London), openDemocracy, and The Independent (London), has published with New Political Economy and the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and has conducted policy research for the CommonWealth, and the British Heart Foundation.


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