Researcher and writer @TheEconomist
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Joined October 2010
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ACL injuries affect women up to 8x more. I wrote about why, and what can be done about it, for @TheEconomist economist.com/science-and-te…
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It’s as if Trump wants to make sure another Republican never wins the presidency again…
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The 1994 “revolution” saw Rs win the popular vote by 6.8 pts
2006 was D + 7.9
2010 was R + 6.8
2018 was D + 8.6
2026 Ds are tracking toward a 13-pt popular vote win
Have to go back half a century—the post-Watergate wipeout of 1974, D + 16.8 pts—to find anything like this.
A few rough options:
- 1000+ full scholarships to Ivy Leagues
- A couple of brand new medical research facilities
- 20 public library branches
- 5 or 6 museum wings
- 20 new regional theatres
Not that he would, as my excellent colleagues have reported...
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One of the big questions is what Trump does now. Does he take stock, fire people, recognise that his excesses contributed to this defeat & think about an agenda for his last two years? Does he focus on foreign policy, where he has few constraints, with unfinished business in Iran, Ukraine and Cuba? Or does he find this all too difficult, and retreat to more score-settling, statue-building and family self-enrichment in the last stretch?
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Just thinking about the remarkable fact that Elon Musk will have dropped nearly a half a billion dollars on this election with no return... wow.
Truly bonkers situation here. Scheduling the championship-winning NBA game at noon on a weekday would have caused riots. WNBA organisers have to sort this out.
From @TheAthletic: The WNBA Finals starting at 12:30 p.m. Eastern is an embarrassment, our columnist writes. "Inexcusably obtuse planning, astoundingly bad optics, and most of all a wildly crappy thing to do to the people who consume your product." nyti.ms/4ssSHTm
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“Status is changing shape—it’s more based on taste and personal experiences.” @lizzypeet tells “The Intelligence” why it seems that everywhere sells merch now bit.ly/4yIVPfg
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50% of maga voters sympathize with ukraine, 5% (!) with russia.
bots really have their work cut out for them.
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Fascinating chart on which countries are giving most to Ukraine (via Paul Krugman)
Sorting through my wardrobe recently led me to ponder: why is merch now everywhere for everything? And why have I felt the urge to buy so much?! My piece for @TheEconomist economist.com/culture/2026/1…
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Aside from the fact this is standard diplomatic practice (the US met the Iranians for three hours at the UN, as you no doubt know) do you really think it raises the level of political discourse to call people “idiots”?
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See our explainer, just out here: ifs.org.uk/articles/how-will…
My fourth annual Carrie Bradshaw Index, measuring how affordable it is to rent alone in America's 100 biggest cities, is out now🏠
For @TheEconomist economist.com/graphic-detail…
Really enjoyed reporting this piece on why the young have rediscovered the joys of cinemagoing, for @TheEconomist
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And so the World Cup final will be between two teams who couldn’t beat Cape Verde in 90 minutes.
Curacao and Qatar were the only #FIFAWorldCup countries I could find without a major US diaspora. Having so many home supporters is making this tournament feel especially unique: I put this chart together with the whizz @AlexSelbyB, for @TheEconomist
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I helped put together our new index of childcare affordability across the OECD for @TheEconomist. The divergence is stark - largely explained by how generous government subsidies are - with huge knock-on effects for the labour force. Have a look 👇
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“People want to know everything about everything.” After bingeing a favourite TV show, fans now turn to “companion podcasts”, @lizzypeet tells “The Intelligence” bit.ly/43U8GOJ
I wrote about the apparently unstoppable rise of "companion podcasts" to TV shows, and what they say about how fan culture is evolving as well as the business of streaming, in this week's @TheEconomist
economist.com/culture/2026/0…
For #InternationalWomensDay I've updated our 14th annual "glass-ceiling index", ranking countries on life for working women. Interesting movers from their positions last year inc:
⬆️ France
⬆️ Netherlands
⬇️ United States
⬇️ Spain
economist.com/interactive/gr…
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