That women earn less than men in rich countries is so well-known it is often met with a shrug. The gender wage gap is one of ten indicators in our annual “glass-ceiling...

In the whirlwind of activity in his first few weeks in the White House, Donald Trump has sought to remake the world to his advantage by blowing up alliances and trading relationships...

Secondhand fashion, once relegated to charity shops, is now in style. Vestiaire Collective, a luxury resale site, featured in an episode of the latest season of “Emily in Paris”, a Netflix drama...

Dear Max, I am hiring for an open position on my team. We are having trouble finding good candidates, and my boss just came in to tell me that we shouldn’t waste...

Boeing might have hoped that coughing up $1m for Donald Trump’s inauguration fund would ease relations with America’s incoming president. Yet “not happy” was the verdict he delivered on February 20th. His...

GERMANS ARE a brooding bunch. After all, their language gave the world “angst”. After five years of trouble some may even be feeling a sense of Niedergeschlagenheit (literally, beaten-downness). Covid-19 was followed...

When tucked between lip and gum, a small white pouch of Zyn is intended to give the user a pleasant nicotine hit. Its maker is getting a lift, too. Shares in Philip...

DURING a recent summit in Paris, J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, declared that the world’s most powerful artificial-intelligence (AI) systems would be developed in America with “American-designed and manufactured chips”. That is a...