‘Inboxes have been overflowing recently with appeals from companies to let them keep calling’

In politics, as in marketing, offering a third choice can be a game-changer

Pitting young against old conceals the policy areas where the UK has messed up

The digital giant looks like it is indifferent to the costs created by its success

Or how to give offence on a more equal basis

‘According to a recent poll, 77% of Americans believe major news outlets report falsehoods’

Theresa May has chosen the harshest possible interpretation of the referendum result

BJP’s successful campaign in Karnataka exploited brewing religious tension

To hold the elections on his own terms, Kabila needs money — that means minerals

Jerusalem embassy move along with Iran nuclear deal pullout will cost the US dearly

‘Researchers would take the anonymised data and design algorithms to match couples’

The transfer market in talent is undermining traditional legal practices

Tehran has been on a regional roll but now it must tread carefully

Ardent naysayers, fevered fans and insouciant elites are faced with something new

Advanced countries are hobbled by their inability to manage their own affairs

Moves to punish companies generate headlines precisely because they are so rare

They are not equipped for life as defenders of a flawed but liveable reality

Tech companies appear to understand that they need to become more diverse

State companies such as SNCF boosted social mobility in poorer farming regions

The prime minister’s position on the autocracy-democracy spectrum is ambiguous