Society

Your boss may disagree, but working fewer hours could be better for you and your company

Why do we work so hard? Three economists give their reasons

People in richer societies cry more. Matthew Sweet probes the reasons

Ryan Avent reckons that our jobs have become prisons from which we don’t want to escape

What should we avoid and what must we embrace as the sands run out?

After China announces an end to its one-child policy, Xinran gets the local view

The unstoppable rise of the literary festival, from Devon to Dubai

Caroline Carter on vigils that are also protests