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Nepo babies are taking over the workplace
One in three Americans has worked for mum or dad #press
How many people died after China lifted its zero-covid policy?
Data from Macau and Hong Kong provide a grim estimate #press
The Economist’s glass-ceiling index
Our annual measure of the role and influence of women in the workforce #press
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/glass-ceiling-index?utm_source=press.coop
Upper legislative houses tend to be biased and malapportioned
Variation in district sizes benefits conservatives, but not in lower chambers #press
Silvergate is the latest victim of the crypto meltdown
Digital assets have had a good start to the year. It may not last #press
Retirement has become much longer across the rich world
On average, men can expect to spend 20 years kicking back #press
America’s other great migration
White migrants from America’s South turned its northern politics rightwards #press
The state of democracy in Africa and the Middle East
An EIU survey makes for glum reading. But there are some reasons for optimism #press
Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter
But was this a result of sound government planning, or good luck? #press
Accounting for flood risk would lower American house prices by $187bn
Unpriced future damages inflate home values the most in rural, inland regions #press
Do Britons even like the royal family?
King Charles III’s coronation raises a thorny question #press
Ocean-surface temperatures are breaking records
Here’s what that means #press
“Bonsoir l’Europe!” How languages affect Eurovision scores
Crunching the numbers on 67 years of largely terrible tunes #press
How well does your country provide for its citizens?
A global index that attempts to compare people’s well-being across 170 countries #press
How much is Russia spending on its invasion of Ukraine?
By historical standards, it’s a puny amount. That tells you three big things #press
Demand for chocolate causes more illegal deforestation than people realise
New maps show the extent of the destruction in big cocoa-producing countries #press
When will China’s GDP overtake America’s?
Recent forecasts have pushed the date further into the future #press
Buyers of Russian crude are exporting refined oil to the West
The price-cap scheme has created opportunities for middlemen #press
Antarctic sea ice has shrunk by an area nine times the size of Britain
Today’s coverage is far below the average between 1981 and 2010. What will be the consequences? #press
Are Canadian cities better than America’s?
EIU’s liveability index has an answer #press