By the Numbers

This weekend, Brazil’s current president, Lula da Silva, will head to the polls against Flávio Bolsonaro (the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro). It looks like the election will be incredibly tight.

I can’t speak to all ...

Next week, the UK government will announce its latest budget.1

Every time this comes around, there’s intense debate about what financial holes we need to fill, whether we should raise taxes or cut spending, and which taxes we should change or leave untouched. Countless numbers a...

Paul Biya, Cameroon’s president, is 93 years old. He leads a country where the median age is just 18. A staggering 75-year age gap.

Biya is the most extreme example, but he reflects a pattern we see almost everywhere in the world. Leaders are often a lot older than the populations they govern. Three in four people globally live in a country led by someone over 65. Two i...

Pensions are not my usual bag, but it’s what we’re running the numbers on today. They’ve been in the headlines in the UK following the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham’s, proposal to change the controversial “triple lock” system that has determined how quickly British pensions have increased over time.

I’ve seen lots of coverage and debate, but almost every time, I am screa...