The importance of lifelong learning

Hand-picked stories from this week's issue of The Economist.

View in browser | E-mail a friend     SUBSCRIBE     Editor’s picks   January 12th 2017       Our cover this week is about how to help people keep learning throughout their careers. Without the skills to remain useful as innovations arrive, workers suffer. If policymakers are to avoid creating a massive underclass they must help people learn as they earn. So far, their ambition has fallen pitifully short Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief       The president-elect rows with the spooks Donald Trump has got off to a terrible start with America's intelligence agencies. His forerunners relied on them READ MORE >   Donald Trump has got off to a terrible start with America's intelligence agencies. His forerunners relied on them READ MORE >     Inflation returns After two years of unusually modest price rises in the rich world, inflation is picking up. Good READ MORE >     Congolese music In the Democratic Republic of Congo pop stars and politicians enjoy a strangely symbiotic relationship READ MORE >   In the Democratic Republic of Congo pop stars and politicians enjoy a strangely symbiotic relationship READ MORE >     Politics this week Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president of Iran and hugely influential since the 1979 revolution, died. He was 82. SEE ARTICLE > MORE FROM POLITICS THIS WEEK >   Business this week The pound fell sharply after Theresa May reiterated her position that Britain's exit from the EU would be a clean break, frightening investors who want the government to pursue a more nuanced negotiating strategy that prioritises trade deals with Europe. The prime minister has said that she will not provide a running commentary on Brexit; her remarks helped push sterling to a three-month low against the dollar at $1.21 SEE INDICATOR > MORE FROM BUSINESS THIS WEEK >   Follow The Economist           Go to Economist.com   This e-mail has been sent to: pramod.srivastav.2000.ambikapur@blogger.com If you'd like to update your details please click here (you may need to log in). Questions? Comments? Please contact us. Replies to this e-mail will not reach us. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, unsubscribe here. Copyright © The Economist Group 2017. All rights reserved. Advertising Info | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help Registered in England and Wales. No.236383 Registered office: 25 St James's Street, London, SW1A 1HG