09/05/2012 GMT

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Sir Ronald Cohen is committed to social investment but can capitalism deliver public good?

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The west faces a lost decade of economic stagnation. Unemployment
is high, inequality is rising and governments are broke. Should
we be blaming capitalism or looking to the market for solutions?

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Ronald Cohen, one of
Britain's most innovative business leaders. He is a pioneer of
venture capitalism who is now committed to the idea of social
investment, or capitalism with a conscience. Can the private
sector combine a commitment to profit and the public good?