Economics
Stories on the intersection of mental health and economics.
This year, don't 'invest' in mental health
The language of ‘investment’ is taking the mental health conversation backwards.
The fascinating, untold story of #MentalHealth Twitter
What can Twitter's new CEO do to take forward one of the platform's most compelling but unsung legacies?
Trauma is a planetary emergency, not a personal problem
A community battered by trauma is like a cracked cup. Whatever resources you pour into will leak out.
Monster
A World Cup winning coach tells me why sport's most sacred trait - mental toughness - is also its most dangerous.
No, therapy apps won't kill Freud
Freudian psychoanalysis and cognitive behavioural therapy have been at war over the soul of therapy. Can the rise of technology deliver a winner?
Inside Zoom's big bet on mental health
Drowning in 'Zoom fatigue'? The most iconic company of the work from home age is quietly crafting a different legacy.
Explained: Global mental health's catastrophic cash problem
The theme for this year's World Mental Health Day is inequality. Look no further than the flow of money into the sector.
How to tell if your workplace mental health scheme is a greenwashing scam
The environment sector has a handy rule book to identify bullshit claims. It's time to use it to test workplaces too.
The miracle that stops people from killing themselves
New research from Brazil shows the life-saving power of direct cash transfers.
Meet the humans of the Kindness Economy
Nightmares. Exhaustion. Relentless stress. And yet, they won't trade their work for anything in the world.
Is science the new hope for mental health at the workplace?
Four-day weeks? Online yoga? A new global project says employers must stop shooting in the dark in the name of 'employee happiness' and adopt science-based approaches.