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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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Creative Destruction

Should we be celebrating that some of Britain's big high street brands have gone bust?

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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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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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Islamists International

The impact of the Arab Spring on the global reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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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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Who Decides if I'm a Woman?

Jo Fidgen explores the ideas causing tension between feminists and transgender people.

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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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Labour's New New Jerusalem

Leading Labour figures urge a radical policy - dismantling the top-down welfare state.

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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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The Quantified Self: Can Life Be Measured?

Life-logging and other obsessions of the nascent 'quantified self' movement explored.

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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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Pornography: What Do We Know?

What does the best evidence tell us about the effects of pornography? Jo Fidgen presents.

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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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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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Scottish Nationalism: From Protest to Power

Scottish nationalism - breaking free or playing safe? Douglas Fraser investigates.

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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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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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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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What Are Charities For?

Have big charities lost their philanthropic purpose? Fran Abrams investigates.

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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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Syria: Inside the Opposition

Edward Stourton investigates the alternatives to President Assad.

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Importing the Metropolitan Revolution

Matthew Taylor looks at the grassroots economic revolution being led by big cities.

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France: Sinking Slowly?

Can France afford its attachment to the big state? Emma Jane Kirby presents.

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Roberto Unger

Roberto Unger explains why he thinks fellow left-of-centre progressives lack imagination.

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Last Rites for the Church of England?

Andrew Brown asks if the Church of England has become fatally disconnected from society.

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The Philosophy of Russell Brand

Jeremy Cliffe encounters the ideas and personalities behind a new 'anarcho-populism'.

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What is Wahhabism?

Is the Saudi-style ultra-conservative branch of Islam the ideological engine of extremism?

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A Is for Anonymous

Frances Stonor Saunders asks why people want anonymity while venerating individuality too.

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Life by Lottery

Jo Fidgen asks if we should use chance to solve difficult political dilemmas.

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