Sustainability is now seen as a way of looking at often ignored externalities

‘What consumers and tech companies have essentially been doing is bartering services for personal data’

Events this week give Wall Street reason to cheer, but the total picture is more complex

‘We found ourselves clambering out of a bus on the edge of a shanty town; hot, sleepy and not a little uncertain’

As automation is happening unevenly a flexible training system is needed

‘For some techies it might seem normal that consumers should give up deeply personal data in exchange for free services’

‘As a child in London, I never pondered guns. My daughters in New York have to take part in Code Red drills every term’

The paternalism of Milton Hershey offers lessons for today’s billionaire philanthropists, from the Koch brothers to George Soros

Globalisation gave the data company wings; now it is turning into an Achilles heel

A new film tracks outsourced workers in grim little cubicles watching the depravity that exists online

Intelligence sources think malevolent actors could spread fake news to undermine the exercise

‘Only three decades ago, the word Aids inspired terror’

White House policymaking has a capricious, Wild West feel

‘“Who is the Swiss president these days?” I asked. There was a pause. “I’m not sure,” my Swiss uncle replied’

The US central bank is planning to shed trillions in assets, but markets are calm

‘My daughter posted a story on Wattpad – and then informed me that 200 people had read it and offered comments’

It would be a mistake to presume the bank will ride to the rescue if equities tumble

‘Some people in LA lost access to shelter because a computer assumed that when they had been in prison, they had a home’

Non-financial leverage is higher today than it was before the crisis

Why the author Yuval Noah Harari worries about computers tracking our bodies as well as our emails

Passive managers link up to deliver checklist letter to change corporate behaviour

‘Many of the themes depicted on Russian TV also cropped up globally on alt-right chat rooms and rightwing websites’