Graphic detail

Standards of living

Beyond GDP

A new global comparison of standards of living

Pope visits

Mobile Pope

Where the pope likes to go on his official travels

US mid-term primaries

Welcome to the tea party

Who supports the tea-party movement?

Oil

Crisis and collusion

The 50 years under OPEC have been eventful

European banks

Basel III - The Whimper

New rules on bank capital are not particularly tough

Contemporary art prices

Hirst heist

Damien Hirst's art has performed poorly since a big sale in 2008

Retirement

Feet up

The French spend longer than most in retirement

Higher education and wages

Study leave

Plenty of university graduates are working in low-skilled jobs

Labour disputes

Striking facts

Working days lost due to labour disputes

Internet content

Please delete

The internet has become too important for governments to ignore

Academic inflation

Higher education

Galloping inflation in American college fees

Political memoirs

Rivals

The best-selling political memoirs in Britain