To the question of who created today’s economic inequality, there is now a new and intriguing answer: the internet. It has apparently turned millions among us into workaholics, lugging around our laptops, ready at a moment’s notice to tackle the latest digital chore. The trouble is that all this extra work — and the income it generates — is heavily ...

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a human face biting into a burger — forever. That’s certainly a popular view of the way the human diet is headed. As the world’s population grows and incomes rise, we’ll inevitably eat far more beef — the meat that’s considered the most expensive and prestigious in a remarkably wide range ...

For decades now, Australian banks have been a class apart. Thanks to a ceaselessly growing economy, an oligopolistic structure that prevents mergers between the big four lenders, and the loyalty of self-funded retirees who play a large part in the local stock market, they’ve been valued as if they’re in a fundamentally different business from counterparts in other countries. At ...