J.P. Morgan left $68M estate in 1913
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. died on March 31, 1913, in Rome, Italy. His estate totaled roughly $80 million. That figure was far smaller than the public had imagined. The stock...
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Articles analyze the intersection of commerce and innovation, from historical fortunes and market maps to product launches and workplace models.
Working on Christmas Day: Business, Tech, and Human Costs
Christmas Day is a federal public holiday in the United States under 5 U.S.C. § 6103(a). In the UK it is a common law public holiday, but employees have no...
Mike Brockman: The Former CEO Indicted for Fraud
Mike Brockman is the former CEO of Applied Underwriters, a workers' compensation insurer that Berkshire Hathaway acquired in 2006. His public profile rests on two distinct events: a regulatory battle...
UK CJRS furlough: 80% wage grant rules
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 20 March 2020. It launched on 20 April 2020, backdated to 1 March 2020, and closed on 30 September 2021....
The UK Good Work Plan: What Happened to the Taylor Reforms
The UK government's Good Work Plan was published on 17 December 2018 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It was the formal response to the Taylor Review...
CEO pay up 1,460% vs 18% worker gain
In 1965, the typical U.S. CEO earned roughly 20 times what the typical worker did. By the early 2020s, the Economic Policy Institute tracked that ratio above 300 to 1....
UK GDP: Latest Data, Historical Trends, and Economic Outlook
UK output shrank by 9.7% in 2020, the largest annual fall since records began. That single figure captures the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. The trajectory since then has...
Estonia built the world’s most advanced digital society
Estonia runs the world's most advanced digital society. A citizen can file taxes, sign a company registration, and complete nearly every other state interaction online using a mandatory electronic ID...
The Hidden Economics of Video Game Telemetry Data
Every button press, every purchase hesitation, every session that ends after 90 seconds gets logged. Modern video games generate thousands of data points per user per hour, and studios have...
Why Your Home Still Doesn't Have a Robot That Folds Laundry
In September 2002, iRobot introduced the Roomba, a disc-shaped device that bumps into furniture and vacuums floors. More than two decades later, that remains the ceiling of consumer robotics. No...
How Algorithmic Hiring Tools Reproduce Workplace Bias
In 2014, Amazon set out to build a recruiting tool that would automate the screening of job applications. By 2017, the company scrapped the project. The system had learned to...
Airtame Wireless Screen Mirroring and Streaming Device
Airtame is a wireless screen mirroring and digital signage unit that plugs into any screen via HDMI and draws power from USB. Instead of relying on Miracast, AirPlay, or Google...
