Will services make the world rich?

In April a New York fried-chicken shop went viral. It was not the food at Sansan Chicken East Village that captured the world’s imagination, but the service. Diners found an assistant from the Philippines running the till via video link.

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Virtual everything”

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