As many as one in five American workers have non-compete clauses in their contracts. Federal Trade Commission has proposed banning such clauses to set workers free. John Pritto is the economist US editor at The Economist.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismantled the country’s institutions. As an election looms we ask what democratic guardrails remain, and examine the wider risks if those go, too. “Non-compete” clauses designed to protect trade secrets when employees depart are being abused—and trustbusters are going after them. And Ryuichi Sakamoto, a famed Japanese composer, reckons with mortality in his latest release.