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Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?
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Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.
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Preparing for Eurogeddon
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Available since Mon, 20 Feb 2012.
Europe thinks the unthinkable - what happens if the eurozone splits.
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What Is Money?
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Available since Mon, 2 Apr 2012.
Frances Stonor Saunders asks a fundamental question - what is money?
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War Gaming Iran
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Available since Mon, 26 Mar 2012.
Could a hot war with Iran be about to start? Analysis probes the West's options.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Downing Street guru
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Available since Mon, 19 Mar 2012.
The ideas of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb, examined.
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Neue Labour
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Available since Mon, 12 Mar 2012.
Why Germany is providing the inspiration for a Labour rethink. Matthew Taylor presents.
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America: The Right Way
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Available since Mon, 5 Mar 2012.
Justin Webb explores what the primaries tell us about the state of the right in the US.
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Profits Before Pay
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Available since Mon, 27 Feb 2012.
Why has pay not risen in line with profits? TUC economist Duncan Weldon investigates.
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Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi
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Available since Mon, 13 Feb 2012.
Profile of Rachid Ghannouchi, one of the world's most influential Islamist thinkers.
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Do schools make a difference?
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Available since Mon, 6 Feb 2012.
Are good schools anything more than schools with a good intake? Fran Abrams investigates.
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Capitalists against the Super Rich
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Available since Mon, 30 Jan 2012.
Edward Stourton meets the defenders of capitalism turning against the undeserving rich.
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The Darwin Economy
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Available since Mon, 21 Nov 2011.
Robert Frank explains why he believes Darwin was a better economist than Adam Smith.
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Do Leaders Make a Difference?
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Available since Mon, 14 Nov 2011.
Michael Blastland explores how far individuals really change what happens in the world.
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A New Black Politics?
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Available since Mon, 7 Nov 2011.
How the ideologies of British black politics in Britain have changed since the 1980s.
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Cultural diplomacy
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Available since Mon, 31 Oct 2011.
How effective is cultural diplomacy as a weapon of soft power?
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Euroscepticism Uncovered
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Edward Stourton asks if the political class is catching up with public opinion on the EU.
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Hezbollah
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Owen Bennett-Jones asks, what exactly is the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah?
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Aid or Immigration?
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Could a more relaxed policy on immigration help the developing world more than state aid?
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Libya's Islamic Capitalists
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Hugh Miles finds out more about Libya's new Islamic capitalism.
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Non-Riotous Behaviour
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Available since Fri, 4 Nov 2011.
Ask not why people riot, but why they obey the law. Jamie Whyte examines civil obedience.
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Unsure about Sure Start
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Available since Mon, 18 Jul 2011.
Fran Abrams asks if Sure Start is worth saving and what it has done for children.
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Scotland
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Available since Mon, 11 Jul 2011.
Anne McElvoy assesses the SNP plan to defy austerity Britain and keep Scotland different.
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Is America Doomed?
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Available since Mon, 25 Jul 2011.
Justin Webb asks whether the United States is capable of averting economic meltdown.
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Hague's Middle East
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Available since Mon, 27 Jun 2011.
Investigating Foreign Secretary William Hague's vision for the Arab world.
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Egypt's New Islamists
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Available since Mon, 20 Jun 2011.
Edward Stourton asks if the Egyptian revolution spells the end of old-style Islamism.
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Goodbye the Golden Eggs of Banking?
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Available since Mon, 13 Jun 2011.
Janan Ganesh asks if ending Britain's focus on financial services will make us richer.
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Unhealthy Expectations?
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Available since Sun, 5 Jun 2011.
How our health debate avoids the real issue - care costs, and we must choose how to pay.
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Blue Labour
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Available since Mon, 28 Mar 2011.
David Goodhart examines a radical plan to win back Labour's working-class supporters.
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Muscular Liberalism
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Available since Mon, 21 Mar 2011.
David Walker examines the prime minister's proposals for 'muscular liberalism'.
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Testing the Emotions
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Available since Sun, 13 Mar 2011.
Fran Abrams asks whether children need to be taught emotional and social skills in school.


