Introducing The Weekend Intelligence

Introducing The Weekend Intelligence

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The splitting image: Yoon verdict will deepen divisions

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s ex-president, has been handed a life sentence for insurrection. That is by no means the end of the story of division in the country. Nervous AI-watchers fret about which workers might be replaced; our analysis suggests white-collar workers can breathe ...  Show more

The Robin Hood state: taxes are getting more progressive

Income inequality abounds and today’s rich are staggeringly rich, implying that tax regimes are giving the wealthy more and more of a pass. Our dig into the numbers suggests the opposite. We ask why so many of the world’s international mercenaries hail from Colombia. And despite ...  Show more

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