On free speech, Britain can learn from America

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I was brought up with a few simple principles. One was some version of love thy neighbour. Another is often attributed to Voltaire: “I don’t agree with what you say, but I will defend your … Read more

The great AI jobs disruption is under way

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global boardrooms are deep into the experimentation phase of adopting artificial intelligence in their businesses. Many cost and time-saving applications of the technology, from customer service chatbots to nimble data analysis tools, will endure. On … Read more

We are flying blind on disease surveillance

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Would you step off the kerb at a busy intersection without scanning for … Read more

Don’t underestimate the Chinese consumer

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome back. The notion that China needs to rebalance its economy towards greater consumer spending is now well … Read more

There’s no back-to-normal for CEO pandemic perks

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Many employees got their companies to buy them a comfy office chair and a computer stand during the Covid-19 work-from-home era. Chief executives of S&P 500 companies did rather better when it comes to improving … Read more

Would you work 32 hours Monday to Sunday?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A few weeks ago, the 29-year-old boss of a small tech start-up in Wales went on LinkedIn to say he was going to try a new way of working. “We’re abandoning the four-day work week,” … Read more