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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, 9 January, 2026
    Data PointsArtificial intelligence
    How to AI-proof your job

    The data suggests soft skills more than quantitative competency equal success in a rapidly changing labour market

    Photo of a person seen from behind sitting at a desk looking at two computer screens. Two chart lines run across the picture in the background
  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
    The AI Shift
    Agentic AI is coming for quantitative research

    The real value of an analyst now lies in the quality and quantity of their ideas

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    Cables are connected to a machine, over which appears a black screen with code
  • Thursday, 1 January, 2026
    The AI Shift
    Our bets on how AI will reshape jobs in 2026

    Four predictions for in-person assessments, powerful agents and more

    Premium content
    A robot arm holds a crystal globe
  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    Data PointsGlobal Economy
    Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics

    A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left

    Montage image of Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump
  • Thursday, 18 December, 2025
    The AI Shift
    If AI is coming for junior lawyers’ jobs, why does their pay keep going up?

    Automation may be freeing up their time to do more valuable work

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    Illustration of a robot with justice scales as facial features.
  • Saturday, 13 December, 2025
    Data PointsSocial affairs
    How redefining special needs rocked education

    Broadened criteria are benefiting the better-off, harming those facing greatest difficulty and straining the system

    A schoolgirl works at a desk
  • Thursday, 11 December, 2025
    The AI Shift
    How to read the news

    Questions to keep in mind when you come across splashy AI stories

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  • Saturday, 6 December, 2025
    Data PointsUS society
    Why Americans are feeling poorer even though they’re not

    Essential services cost more because people are better off

    Montage image of chart lines and a pair of hands taking cash from a wallet
  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
    The AI Shift
    Why are there still so many radiologists?

    AI diagnostic tools are being used by healthcare providers yet demand for skilled human specialists is growing

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  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    FT charity appeal
    The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism

    Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour

    Montage image of homes, bitcoin and chart lines
  • Thursday, 27 November, 2025
    The AI Shift
    Is AI about to break polling?

    Online surveys are susceptible to bogus respondents and synthetic samples warrant scepticism

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  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    Data PointsTax
    Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia

    The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off

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  • Thursday, 20 November, 2025
    The AI Shift
    The AI Shift: Do we prefer talking to machines rather than each other?

    It turns out that some people prefer AI interviewers and medical advice from chatbots

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  • Friday, 14 November, 2025
    Data PointsYouth unemployment
    Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated

    A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics

    Montage of images of a young man and young woman seen from behind with a chart line running across
  • Thursday, 13 November, 2025
    The AI Shift
    Is hiring becoming less meritocratic?

    Use of LLMs encourage more applications but they change the commitment signal of employers and employees

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    An illustration of a robot hand holding a pencil alongside a human hand
  • Friday, 7 November, 2025
    Data PointsMedia
    Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west

    New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity

    A 1970s television has two graph lines running upwards behind it
  • Thursday, 6 November, 2025
    The AI Shift
    Should LLMs be allowed in the classroom?

    Is the technology a dangerous crutch or a personal tutor?

    Premium content
    An illustration of two people speaking to each other with sound waves shaped in a robotic pattern
  • 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

    Premium content
    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

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