“J.Crew employees reveal themselves by the nakedness of their ankles. It’s as if the company’s uniform, ambiently dictated by Lyons, is enforced only from the knees down.”

On the barely regulated business of looking after kids.

Inside the DIY world of synthetic drugs.

Groupon disasters, the behaviors of the consumer swarm, and how the “1% and the 90% [are] collaborating to prey on the 9% in the middle.”

“Five years, four judges, six lawyers, $400,000 in attorney and expert fees and costs, a child yanked back and forth, [and] petty arguing.” Chronicling the slow end of one American marriage.

On the business of selling books.

A cultural history of Bitcoin and what happened when the nascent virtual currency began to be covered by the mainstream media.

A former Facebook executive critiques Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” movement.

A profile of organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who argues that the key to success comes from helping others.

On the skyrocketing number of Americans on disability—14 million at last count, with payouts topping those for food stamps and welfare combined—and what it means for the U.S. economy.

The economics of Woonsocket, where one-third of residents rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A profile of Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia.

The daily deals company turned down a $6 billion offer from Google and went public. Now its stock is down 80% and its founder/CEO has been fired. On Groupon’s failed strategy and tenuous future.

“We can conclude at least two things with certainty about the tenants of One Hyde Park: they are extremely wealthy, and most of them don’t want you to know who they are and how they got their money.”

Money, money, money.

Investigating an insecure billionaire’s true worth.

On the brick stackers of Chicago.

A profile of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Inside the battle for how America snacks.

France, wealth and the saga of tax exile Gérard Depardieu.

Investigating a former NFL star’s new business: renting professional athletes to their biggest fans.

Thousands of new warehouse jobs were supposed to help lift a struggling British economy. Instead, employees started equating the work with “being in a slave camp.”

“I am not a tech journalist. I have never done this before. I don’t know what’s going on. Like most journalists everywhere, I am hungover.”

Steven Cohen, troubled founder a $14 billion hedge fund, has an eye for modern art.

An internet pioneer loses hope in the promise of web culture.