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In 2024, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) supplied nearly two thirds of smartphones imported into the US. One year later, in 2025, it accounted for only a quarter. A more visible example of decoupling – in which the economic tie...

“Three things you probably already know about me”, states a smiling Andy Burnham as he pulls himself a beer in a recent TikTok video. “I go to a lot of gigs, I do like a pint, and I have been known to give a DJ set from time to time.”

This is one of ...

Is class truly in the past, or do invisible workplace codes still govern who gets a place in elite workplaces? 

In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Lee Elliot Major and Anne-Marie Sim, authors of <...

Owen Worth, author of World order and the era of farce in

Impoverished: How to Fix Britian’s Poverty Problem sets out the deep-seated roots lying beneath the persistently high levels of poverty in the UK and, in doing so, identifies what needs to be done to rebuild Britain’s worn social contract.

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