How Apple captured Gen Z in the US — and changed their social circles – The Financial Times
Apple has captured Gen Z in the US so thoroughly that younger consumers fear being socially ostracised for not having an iPhone, a trend that...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
Financial access for all – is it within reach?
Banks have a key role to play by enabling greater financial access for all. Ram Devanarayanan, head of business consulting Europe, at Infosys Finacle, explains...
Debt-Ceiling Standoff Prompts Backup Plans, but They Face Hurdles Too – WSJ
There is no clear escape hatch to avoid default if Congress doesn’t pass legislation raising the debt ceiling. Potential alternatives to addressing the borrowing limit—from...
The rise of kitchen table economics – The Financial Times
It is not often that a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist gives the keynote speech at a competition policy conference. But last week in Washington, I introduced...
World’s Largest Four-Day Work Week Trial Finds Few Are Going Back – Bloomberg
The largest-ever trial of the four-day work week found that most UK companies participating are not returning to the five-day standard, and a third are...
AI is starting to pick who gets laid off – The Washington Post
Days after mass layoffs trimmed 12,000 jobs at Google, hundreds of former employees flocked to an online chatroom to commiserate about the seemingly erratic way...
Reuters: Cryptoverse: Tether tightens grip on wobbling world of stablecoins
The world of stablecoins is suddenly looking shaky. Seismic shifts may be afoot in the $137 billion market after New York-based Paxos Trust Company, which...
What is synthetic data?
Aim a firehose of data at a human, and you get information overload. But if you do the same to a computer, you get machine-learning...
PODCAST: Alan S. Blinder on Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Rowing with Both Oars
Alan S. Blinder, former Fed vice chair and one of the world’s most influential economists has had a front-row seat to the changes in central...
The world’s $13trn interest bill – The Economist
After a calm 2010s, in which interest rates hardly budged, inflation is putting central-bank officials to work. Indeed, policymakers have rarely been busier. In the...