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Publications

Financial Times

World

China’s Shrinking Cities: ‘Most of My Classmates Have Left’

Growth has slowed to a trickle in parts of Manchuria—but some young people are finding new careers online.

Tom Hancock Financial Times Apr 2019 15min Permalink

Science

How to Survive the 21st Century

On our ability to multitask.

Tim Harford Financial Times Sep 2015 20min Permalink

Business World

A Portrait of Europe’s White Working Class

What the neighborhood of Higher Blackley in Manchester says about “one of the least understood and most discriminated-against groups in society.”

Simon Kuper Financial Times Jun 2014 10min Permalink

History

Sarajevo: The Crossroads of History

Revisiting the street corner where Franz Ferdinand was shot.

Simon Kuper Financial Times Mar 2014 15min Permalink

Business Crime

Welcome to Bakersfield, California

How a disgraced principal-turned real estate mogul helped cause the global financial crisis.

Gary Silverman Financial Times Feb 2014 15min Permalink

World

One Day in the Life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky

A jailhouse interview with Vladimir Putin’s rival at the very end of his decade behind bars.

Neil Buckley Financial Times Oct 2013 25min Permalink

World

One Day in the Life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky

The world’s richest prisoner interviewed from the Siberian prison colony he calls home.

Neil Buckley, Mikhail Khodorovsky Financial Times Oct 2013 25min Permalink