Simon Tisdall: America's spunk comes from the way its business environment and work life are configured. He says it is an easy place to start a business in terms of regulation, but also forgiving when businesses go wrong. It keeps corporate bosses on edge as well as keeping people productive, he adds. But U.S. has long been lagging Europe and other developed countries with regard to life expectancy, writes Tisdall.
Contrary to the groaning of both Republicans and Democrats, the economy is still the world’s largest. How has this success been sustained? We ask why choosing the wrong degree could leave you worse off than if you had never bothered at all. And our correspondent’s picks of the books that have been banned.
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