Lessons from the US on combating mass incarceration
The US locks up more criminals than any other developed country by some distance. Yet a surprising new consensus has emerged in recent years, spanning the country’s political divide and reversing the ...
Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma dies at 95
Sam Nujoma, who fought against apartheid and for Namibian independence and was known officially as the country’s “founding ...
Why cost management needs the workforce to succeed
Managing costs is a heightened priority for businesses as they try to succeed in today’s volatile economic landscape. But new research from BCG finds that many organisations are struggling to align ...
From one-off to always-on: the case for ongoing cost optimisation
An always-on approach is different. By embedding cost discipline and awareness into company culture, it avoids the inefficiency of repeated integration phases. At the same time, it makes managing ...
London to recreate Austin arts and tech festival SXSW in Shoreditch
Founded in 1987, the SXSW event in Austin, Texas is known for launching the careers of music acts, from Florence and the Machine to Billie Eilish and The White Stripes. Music will feature prominently ...
Tax advisers urge wealthy Britons to take on life assurance to reduce inheritance tax
Tax advisers are urging wealthy Britons to consider life assurance as a way to reduce inheritance tax and help future generations pay the levy, a practice that has until now flown under the radar.
Is US inflation on the way down?
The closely watched core inflation measure, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, is expected to come in at 0.3 ...
The EU needs the courage to imagine a different digital economy
In the turmoil unleashed by Donald Trump’s return to power, Europeans should not lose sight of one striking feature of the tech oligarchs surrounding him: their naked demand that he gets the EU off ...
India needs an ambitious agenda for higher growth
To meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of turning India into a developed nation by 2047, the economy would need to hit ...
China’s inflation accelerates after rise in lunar new year demand
Chinese consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in five months in January, as a bump in spending over the lunar new year holiday period breathed life into the world’s second-largest economy, which ...
‘What’s high tech about clothing?’: life on the margins of China’s economic reboot
The poor urban neighbourhoods that powered a manufacturing boom are once again on the front lines of Beijing’s plans ...
I Walk on Guilded Splinters — Dr John’s track sounded like nothing else
It might be more usual to walk in gilded splendour. Maybe that’s what Mac “Dr John, the Night Tripper” Rebennack was ...