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State Aid: Brexit, Bailouts and Corporate Bonanzas

Do the EU's state aid rules hold the UK back from having a more active industrial policy?

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Can I Change Your Mind?

Margaret Heffernan challenges a view that polarisation means we do not change our minds.

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The uses and misuses of history in politics

How well do our politicians understand British history?

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NATO at 70

NATO won the first Cold War, but could it lose the second?

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Get woke or go broke?

Are businesses serious about getting woke or is it old capitalism with new lipstick on?

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The NHS, AI and Our Data

Will a combination of data and artificial intelligence transform the future of the NHS?

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The Early Years Miracle?

The government spends billions on early years education - but what good is it doing?

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Do voters need therapy?

James Tilley asks to what extent our politics is now steeped in cognitive distortion?

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It's Not Easy Being Green

Why aren't The Greens more popular?

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China's Captured "Princess"

How the furore over a single arrest demonstrates China's rising power.

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Unequal England

Paul Johnson explores what the world of work tells us about inequality in England.

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Command and Control?

What would be different if 10 Downing Street rather than the Treasury ran economic policy?

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The Roots of 'Woke' Culture

Journalist Helen Lewis uncovers the roots of 'woke' culture.

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Identity Wars: lessons from the Dreyfus Affair and Brexit Britain

Can divided societies heal? Lessons from the Dreyfus Affair, which split France in two.

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The Return of Reality?

What might the pandemic do for our sense of shared reality?

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The Smack of Firm Leadership

Which leaders will emerge stronger from the global pandemic - authoritarians or democrats?

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Modern Parenting

More time and money is being spent on children than ever before. Why?

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Radical Self-Care

What do we get wrong about self-care?

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The Post-Pandemic State

What should government priorities be now that it has such a dominant role in the economy?

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Thinking for the Long Term

How critical is the ability to think and plan for the long term?

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Humans vs the Planet

What the 鈥榳e are the virus鈥� meme tells us about green politics.

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Behavioural Science and the Pandemic

Behavioural fatigue: what is it, where did it come from, and what鈥檚 the link with Nudge?

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Is the Internet Broken?

Is the infrastructure of the internet up to scratch?

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Planning for the Worst

How ready are we for the next pandemic, cyber attack, volcanic eruption, or solar storm?

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Trouble on the backbenches? Tory Leaders and their MPs

Rosie Campbell assesses the relationship between Tory leaders and their MPs.

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The Rise and Fall of the Bond Market Traders

Governments are borrowing more than ever, but does it matter?

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The Future of Welfare

Should Britain鈥檚 social insurance system be more German?

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This Fractured Isle

Edward Stourton asks whether Covid-19 could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom.

• 30 mins

Who Runs that Place?

Who takes China's big decisions, how are they reached and what power struggles lie ahead?

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Chasing Unicorns

What does the future hold for Silicon Valley's tech start ups in a post-pandemic world?

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