Mr Darcyβs Wealth
How rich is Mr Darcy, the male love interest in Pride and Prejudice? Also, the problems with YouTubeβs child protection system and what can chimps teach us about politics?
Mr Darcy, the male love interest in Jane Austenβs 19th Century English novel Pride and Prejudice is supposed to be fabulously wealthy on an income of Β£10,000 a year, but two hundred years later, itβs not clear how rich he really is. As Tim Harford discovers, you need to do more than adjust the amount for inflation.
A ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending investigation finds that part of YouTube's system for reporting sexualised comments left on children's videos has not been functioning correctly for more than a year, according to volunteer moderators inside YouTubeβs βTrusted Flaggerβ programme.
What can we learn about politics from the power struggles within chimpanzee groups? Professor James Tilley explores the parallels between our political world and that of other primates.
(Photo: Colin Firth as Mr Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet in the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice 1995)
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How Rich is Mr Darcy?
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