“Davos has become the emblem of a global elite that has lost its ability to listen.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“By any numerical measure, humanity is becoming rapidly less poor. But between half and two-thirds of people in the West have been… — Edward Luce Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“Cowen detects conformism even in the liveliest Silicon Valley companies. Most of its denizens wear some variation on the casual hipster uniform… — Edward Luce Silicon valley Copy Share Image
“It would also require a conscious effort to look at the world from unfamiliar standpoints and admit that the West has no… — Edward Luce Truth Copy Share Image
“Almost half of Americans would be unable to pay a $400 medical emergency bill without going into debt.67” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“In the US, the more liberal a city’s politics, the higher the rate of inequality.45” — Edward Luce Politics Copy Share Image
“With chisels and pickaxes we made our tiny contributions to this orgy of historic vandalism.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.” — Edward Luce History Copy Share Image
“the Toil Index – the number of working hours it takes a median worker to pay the median rent in one of… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Today’s equivalent is probably ‘get an engineering degree’, but it will not necessarily be as lucrative. A third of Americans who graduated… — Edward Luce Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“Shortly afterwards Addis Ababa launched a crackdown on its opponents that resulted in hundreds of deaths. If America’s president was in two… — Edward Luce Death Copy Share Image
“Émile Durkheim, the father of modern sociology, said that when societies hit a civilisational break the suicide rate soars.” — Edward Luce Parenting Copy Share Image
“In 1970 only about one in seven American families lived in neighbourhoods that were unambiguously ‘affluent’ or ‘poor’.40 By 2007 that number… — Edward Luce Family Copy Share Image
“every single one of America’s 493 wealthiest counties, almost all of them urban, voted for Hillary Clinton.43 The remaining 2623 counties, most… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“In its study of the future of work, the laissez-faire Baker Institute admitted it had been ‘unable to find any solutions based… — Edward Luce Education Copy Share Image
“For those who still believe our age’s disruptions match what happened after 1870, ask yourself which you would first give up, your… — Edward Luce Ask yourself Copy Share Image
“GDP numbers insist we are doing well, at a time when half the country is suffering from personal recessions. The world’s most… — Edward Luce Time Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump consciously stokes racist sentiment, and has given a rocket boost to the ‘alt-right’ fringe of neo-Nazis and white nationalists. But… — Edward Luce Racism Copy Share Image
“We learn from history that we do not learn from history. FRIEDRICH HEGEL” — Edward Luce History Copy Share Image
“if you want an economic chart that stops you from sleeping you should start with the elephant.” — Edward Luce Economics Copy Share Image
“Writing in the 1950s, Daniel Bell, the great American sociologist, said, ‘economic growth has become the secular religion of advancing industrial societies’.” — Edward Luce Economic growth Copy Share Image
“Bismarck once said, ‘Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.” — Edward Luce Committing suicide Copy Share Image
“According to one Harvard study, more students attended America’s elite universities from the top 1 per cent of income backgrounds than from… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
