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Health

Gen perfect: is our economy fuelling a generation of perfectionists?

Perfectionism is often mistaken for ambition, but new research from Thomas Curran suggests it is increasingly driven by fear.
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Young people looking stressed.

September edition

Society
Collage of urban landscape with a man pulling a cart full of belongings.
Politics
A person looking at a voting with foreign aid and local politicians to each side

Why investors can’t solve climate change alone

29 September 2026 · Tom Gosling
Sustainability
World with two hands (government and investors) playing tug of war.

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