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John Burn-MurdochFinancial Times |
The voiceless ranks of those not in work or training risk tumbling off the UK’s social and economic map
The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present
The data suggests soft skills more than quantitative competency equal success in a rapidly changing labour market
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
Broadened criteria are benefiting the better-off, harming those facing greatest difficulty and straining the system
Essential services cost more because people are better off
Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off
A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
Open hostility and high visa fees are a risky bet amid intensifying competition for the world’s brightest and best
New science advances may offer longer life to some, but the socio-economic effects may push others to die sooner
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away
New research suggests mainstream politicians created an opening for the populist right
Mounting fiscal crises show how not to handle the demographic crunch
In the age of social media, the establishment no longer controls the narrative
Falling fertility levels are making the world more conservative, and may harm rather than help the planet
More and more of the numbers needed to guide policy are going dark
A critical life skill is fading out — and especially fast among young adults
Disorder is rising in public consciousness. Is it rising in reality?
Society sold the dream of home ownership — then cruelly snatched it away
Unpicking the puzzle of increasing junior white-collar unemployment
In a rapidly warming world, a former extravagance is becoming a necessity
Outside of the Maga ecosystem, bad economic news is starting to cut through
New research shows ChatGPT’s inability to cope with ‘messy’ multitasking is still protecting some human workers
Media fragmentation and the erosion of shared sources of truth are bigger threats
Data across countries and ages reveal a growing struggle to concentrate, and declining verbal and numerical reasoning
US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west
A decade of accumulated sporting failure is now hitting the club’s bottom line
The US and UK have been underestimating population growth but with diverging implications
Millennials across the west were united in their economic malaise. Their successors not so much
Could the decline of face-to-face interaction tie together several modern mysteries?
A rise in the number of single people is becoming a key driver of falling birth rates
What appears on the surface to be a flat trend masks churn beneath