The Business Times

Stephen Bush

FT WRITER

A vigil in south London to mark the sixth anniversary of the exposing of the Windrush scandal on Apr 6. The UK government’s compensation scheme for the victims has been criticised for being too ponderous and Byzantine to navigate.
THE BOTTOM LINE

It’s time to lift the veil on incompetence

Both governments and companies are guilty of feigning inability when it works to their advantage

Some data suggest the fall in fertility in the rich world has proved resistant to greater spending on family incentives and other welfarist measures.
THE BOTTOM LINE

What’s driving the rich world’s falling fertility?

This will be a global problem as the whole planet becomes wealthier, healthier and better educated

A focus on the more dire consequences of AI threats can sometimes distract from the more mundane, though no less risky, dangers.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Beware the rise of the black box algorithm

Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to kill you to make your life worse or lead to bad policy outcomes

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