Diego Segura

For example, in the US, almost 1/3 of all employees have an independent or contingent activity and are not linked to a company by a full-time working contract.

One YouTube-generated video is for a song by Hindutva singer Ved Prakash Shukla titled: “Jab Tak Hindu Rakt Hai Yogi Ji Har Bar Ayenge”, which translates to “Yogi will come to power till Hindu blood runs in our veins”. In the song, Shukla chants in Hindi: “We will write Jai Shri Ram with streams of blood”, invoking the Hindu deity Ram. In the 20th... See more

3G had taken Burger King private in a 2010 leveraged buyout for $4.1 billion, using $1.6 billion of its own equity. At the time, Burger King had one brand—Burger King—and 12,000 restaurants in 70 countries and some $15 billion in revenue. In short order, 3G transformed Burger King into Restaurant Brands International, comprising 30,000 restaurants... See more

For a magazine and brand, you want to create as many connection points as possible in the service of hype and media recognition. As a consumer, you primarily just want one person or a specific audience to appreciate you, let’s say your crush or friends. It’s much more targeted. Of course, some magazines and brands act like consumers in an effort to... See more

One thing that could help us close that remaining gap is a carbon tax—something universal, fair, and relatively simple. Paired with positive incentives for renewables, a price on carbon creates a negative incentive to generate emissions. I recently tuned in to a training session from Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which made a strong case not just for... See more

Neither of them became part of the chic young divorcée industrial complex, but they passed the urge down and let it multiply instead. Perhaps if I ever have a daughter, she’ll come of age in the era of the chic young annulment.

when China joined the World Trade Organization, in December 2001, its per capita G.D.P. was around $300 a year. “That’s like going to a good Nantucket restaurant for dinner,” he said. “That was the entire income of the average Chinese person.”