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John Burn-Murdoch

Chief Data Reporter

John Burn-Murdoch is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. He writes the weekly Data Points column, where he uses statistics and graphics to dig into the most pressing issues of the day, covering everything from the economy to climate change, social issues and healthcare.

Email John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    Data PointsGlobal migration
    Are Britain and the US losing their allure for top talent?

    Open hostility and high visa fees are a risky bet amid intensifying competition for the world’s brightest and best

    Montage of images of a woman with a wheelie suitcase seen from behind and a doctor in scrubs seen from behind tying his face mask
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
    The AI Shift
    Are LLMs making us less productive?

    When it comes to assessing our own work performance we are not always reliable witnesses

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    A man sleeps in a hammock held up by two mechanical arms
  • Friday, 24 October, 2025
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    Will AI lengthen lifespans or shorten them?

    New science advances may offer longer life to some, but the socio-economic effects may push others to die sooner

    Stylised illustration showing two individuals in profile against background graph lines
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Q&AAsk an Expert
    How is AI reshaping the world of work? You asked, we answered

    Chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch and employment columnist Sarah O’Connor replied to readers

  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    The AI Shift
    Where are all the job losses?

    A macroeconomic change isn’t clear yet but payroll data shows some types of work are already being displaced

  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    Data PointsEmployment
    What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

    People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

    Montage of a graduate and a professional woman side by side, overlaid with red and blue chart lines
  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    Data PointsTechnology
    Have we passed peak social media?

    As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away

    Montage image of a chart line and a phone in someone’s hand
  • Thursday, 2 October, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast34 min listen
    How to get immigration right. With Adam Ozemik

    Immigration myths, policy mistakes and why economies need high-skilled immigrants

  • Friday, 26 September, 2025
    Data PointsGlobal migration
    Did the political establishment pave the way for Trump and Farage?

    New research suggests mainstream politicians created an opening for the populist right

    Montage image of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage
  • Saturday, 20 September, 2025
    The Weekend Essay
    The truth about immigration

    Ageing societies seeking to preserve living standards will continue to rely on new arrivals — but governments can be clearer about the trade-offs

    Three portraits show a young woman wearing a floral skirt and black headdress, lying on a couch in an outdoor setting, holding a red umbrella; a smiling man stands by a mosque, turning back towards the camera, his prayer beads hanging over his shoulder; a young woman in winter clothes and floral headdress sits by a lake with a man standing behind her
  • Saturday, 13 September, 2025
    Data PointsPensions
    France and Britain are in thrall to pensioners

    Mounting fiscal crises show how not to handle the demographic crunch

    FT montage of pensioners sitting in a row at the seaside, with two line charts rising from the horizon in front of them
  • Friday, 5 September, 2025
    Data PointsSocial Media
    The end of the gatekeepers

    In the age of social media, the establishment no longer controls the narrative

    A hand holds up a megaphone set against a bar chart
  • Friday, 29 August, 2025
    Data PointsDemographics and population
    Why progressives should care about falling birth rates

    Falling fertility levels are making the world more conservative, and may harm rather than help the planet

    FT montage of a father and mother, with a child on the father’s shoulders and chart lines running behind them
  • Friday, 22 August, 2025
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    Britain’s statistics scandal means it cannot answer its most pressing questions

    More and more of the numbers needed to guide policy are going dark

    FT montage of hands holding a clipboard, with one hand using a pen to write on it and chart lines going down in the background
  • Monday, 11 August, 2025
    US Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Trump’s war on economic data, with Erica Groshen

    A podcast cross-promotion post

  • Friday, 8 August, 2025
    Social affairs
    The troubling decline in conscientiousness

    A critical life skill is fading out — and especially fast among young adults

    A man and woman in business attire are intersected by graph lines
  • Friday, 1 August, 2025
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    The great crime paradox

    Disorder is rising in public consciousness. Is it rising in reality?

    Two police officers viewed from behind, with line graphs crossing the image, one wearing a “Metropolitan Police” jacket and the other in a “Police” vest
  • Friday, 25 July, 2025
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy?

    Society sold the dream of home ownership — then cruelly snatched it away

    Montage of images. A black and white picture of a house overlaid with charts lines
  • Thursday, 24 July, 2025
    Employment
    Is AI killing graduate jobs?

    Factors including economic uncertainty and offshoring may be more responsible for a decline in entry-level roles

    Montage image of a graduate in cap and gown against a backdrop of a circuit board and a bubble chart
  • Friday, 18 July, 2025
    Data PointsEmployment
    Rising graduate joblessness is mainly affecting men. Will that last?

    Unpicking the puzzle of increasing junior white-collar unemployment

    Montage image of two young people from behind overlaid with chart lines
  • Friday, 11 July, 2025
    Data PointsEnvironment
    Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning

    In a rapidly warming world, a former extravagance is becoming a necessity

    Montage of a line chart, air conditioning unit and a hand holding the air con remote control
  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    European travellers cancel US visits as Trump’s policies threaten tourism

    International visitors stay away as political and economic tension and fears of a hostile border rise

    The American flag and an American Airlines jet in the distance
  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Data PointsDonald Trump
    Trump chaos is alienating Republicans

    Outside of the Maga ecosystem, bad economic news is starting to cut through

    FT montage of Donald Trump wearing a Maga cap, with a chart line falling behind him
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Data PointsTechnology
    Why hasn’t AI taken your job yet?

    New research shows ChatGPT’s inability to cope with ‘messy’ multitasking is still protecting some human workers

    Montage of a person seen from behind sitting at a desk with labour market graph lines in the background
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Data PointsMedia
    The misinformation discourse is a distraction

    Media fragmentation and the erosion of shared sources of truth are bigger threats

    Montage image of a smartphone held in someone’s hands along with two chart lines
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