For the first time in a generation, several indicators that track women’s progress at work are moving in the wrong direction. In one country the retreat from full-time work is particularly clear bit.ly/4ybg2eO
On average, 15% of workers across America’s biggest cities toil at home on most working days. In some places the share is close to a quarter
America’s work-from-home capitals are in a sorry state
Remote-work cities show signs of strain
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For a dose of optimism, read Archie's excellent cover package on why Britain's bargain sales pitch might be one of its biggest strengths
Archie Hall@archiehall.bsky.social · last yr.A cover story from me in this week's @economist.com—on the "Poundland" strategy for the British economy: as a a cheap-but-good-value exporter of workers and assets. That means slaying some sacred "world-beating" cows, but is truer to the advantages Britain actually has. (🧵)
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Interesting in this chart from @tomcalver.bsky.social that many issues people think are important for Britain more than for them personally. The only exception is inflation/prices which 24% rate as important for them personally but only 18% for Britain www.thetimes.com/article/33c0...
For our latest issue, I visited the newly restored Palazzo Serristori in Tuscany to understand why Britain's ultra-rich are swapping Fitzrovia for Florence. Wealthy people are often accused of crying wolf about tax changes. This time feels different. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain has bungled its taxes on the super-rich
Wealthy people are often accused of crying wolf. This time feels different
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Essential stuff from @matthewholehouse.bsky.social on the “migration theory of everything”. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
For decades the path to a nice life was clear: go to university, find a graduate job, then watch the money come in. Today’s hard-working youths, however, seem to be having a tough time https://econ.trib.al/jw2QMqO
Why today’s graduates are screwed
The bottom has fallen out of the job market
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I remember the Economist cover on gendercide a decade or so ago (which is mentioned in the story). It’s such a remarkable turnaround.
Before the weekend is out, do read @vinjeru.bsky.social‘s cover story on the girl preference. Fascinating in every way.
The Economist@economist.com · last yr.The noxious practice of aborting girls simply for being girls has become dramatically less common. The preference for having boys is declining. But what comes next may not be simple or trouble-free econ.st/45G6Eny
Interesting development. The stunning decline of the preference for having boys economist.com/leaders/2025...
The stunning decline of the preference for having boys
Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them
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Really great that @economist.com used their cover story this week to revisit their 2010 cover story on ‘gendercide’. The practice of aborting girls for just being girls is not over, but has reduced significantly economist.com/leaders/2025...
My cover story this week is on a fascinating global shift: the diminishing preference for baby boys around the world - and the first inklings of a bias towards girls. I'd love for you to read it. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
More and more parents around the world prefer girls to boys
The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries even as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world
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The Economist@economist.com · last yr.The noxious practice of aborting girls simply for being girls has become dramatically less common. The preference for having boys is declining. But what comes next may not be simple or trouble-free econ.st/45G6Eny