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Quantitative Easing: Miracle Cure or Dangerous Addiction?
Could QE lead to another economic crisis? Liam Halligan argues that it could.
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What Are Charities For?
Have big charities lost their philanthropic purpose? Fran Abrams investigates.
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Edward Snowden: Leaker, Saviour, Traitor, Spy?
Are state secrets doomed by an emerging alliance of the anti-state right and liberal left?
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: Why Did They Fail?
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won at the polls but failed to keep power. What went wrong?
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The Rule of Law v the Rule of Man
Jamie Whyte asks if it is OK to punish tax avoiders who have obeyed the letter of the law.
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Scottish Nationalism: From Protest to Power
Scottish nationalism - breaking free or playing safe? Douglas Fraser investigates.
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They're Coming for Your Money
Paul Johnson argues that taxes look set to rise and finds out which ones and who will pay.
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Syria and the New Lines in the Sand
Does the Middle East any longer recognise the 'lines in the sand' imposed by the West?
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Pornography: What Do We Know?
What does the best evidence tell us about the effects of pornography? Jo Fidgen presents.
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Predistribution
Predistribution is Labour's new idea. The US thinker who invented it explains what it is.
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The Quantified Self: Can Life Be Measured?
Life-logging and other obsessions of the nascent 'quantified self' movement explored.
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Is Regional Policy a Waste of Time?
As the gap grows between English north and south, is regional policy a waste of time?
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Labour's New New Jerusalem
Leading Labour figures urge a radical policy - dismantling the top-down welfare state.
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Nudge Theory in Practice
How well have politicians' attempts to 'nudge' us into doing what they want worked?
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Who Decides if I'm a Woman?
Jo Fidgen explores the ideas causing tension between feminists and transgender people.
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Three Score Years and Twenty
Is Britain a good country to grow old in? Chris Bowlby investigates.
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Islamists International
The impact of the Arab Spring on the global reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Roberto Unger & Vulgar Keynesianism
Tim Finch asks if current left-of-centre thinking on the economy needs to be more radical.
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Making the Best of a Bad Job
David Goodhart asks whether too much stress on social mobility has demeaned ordinary jobs.
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Creative Destruction
Should we be celebrating that some of Britain's big high street brands have gone bust?
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The Alawis
Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the sect to which President Assad belongs.
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A Scottish Pound?
Chris Bowlby explores the cash question facing an independent Scotland.
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The Rise of Executive Power
Why have workers appeared so weak as bosses tip the balance of power in their favour?
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Green Shoots from the Arab Spring
How the Arab Spring has affected the mindset of ordinary people in the Middle East.
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Left Turn to Catholic Social Teaching?
Matthew Taylor examines Labour's interest in Catholic social teaching.
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Labour, the Left and Europe
Edward Stourton asks if Labour should re-evaluate its attitude to the EU.
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The School of Hard Facts
Fran Abrams examines the radical ideas of ED Hirsch set to reshape English education.
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Manuel Castells: Alternative Economic Cultures
Prof Manuel Castells on the rise of new economic cultures since the financial crisis.
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Keeping the Free Market Faith
Jamie Whyte defends free market ideas in apparently troubled times for capitalism.
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Obama: Peacemaker or Vigilante?
Mukul Devichand asks what President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage.