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Tomas Sedlacek: The Economics of Good and Evil

Radical ideas on debt, growth and sin from a disruptive thinker.

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Space Wars, Space Peace

Chris Bowlby explores the past and future of cooperation and conflict in outer space.

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Brexit: The Irish Question

Edward Stourton asks what happens on the island of Ireland if the UK leaves the EU.

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Inheritance

Jo Fidgen asks why inheritance arouses such powerful emotions.

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Multiculturalism: Newham v Leicester

Sonia Sodha explores how two of the UK's most multicultural places are managing diversity.

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Labour and the Bomb

Why has Britain's nuclear deterrent been such a difficult issue for the Labour Party?

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The End of Free

Will ad-blocking software kill off most free news on the internet?

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Power to the People?

Will devolution deliver the power promised to England's cities and regions?

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Corporate Amnesia

Phil Tinline finds out what happens when institutions lose their memory.

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Beyond Binary

Linda Pressly explores the challenge to conventional ideas from 'gender-neutral' people.

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Protectionism in the USA

Edward Stourton on the history and recent renaissance of American opposition to free trade

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Silicon Valley Values

Are the values of Silicon Valley's tech visionaries now affecting all of us?

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The New Young Fogeys

Jason Cowley asks why young people today are - weirdly - so well-behaved.

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Marxism Today

Robin Aitken explores the continuing appeal of the ideas of Karl Marx.

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The Charitable Impulse

What are the pros and cons of charities becoming more like businesses in raising money?

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Obama's World

What has governed President Obama's foreign policy?

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Money for Nothing

Should the state pay everyone a universal basic income? Sonia Sodha investigates.

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A Subversive History of School Reform

Professor Alison Wolf on the surprising story of postwar school reform in England.

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Tearing Up the Politics Textbook

Is it time for British politics professors to bin their old lecture notes and start again?

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Breaking Promises

Paul Johnson asks if the government should break pledges made to pensioners.

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Gentrification

David Baker asks if too much gentrification is a bad thing?

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Brexit and Northern Ireland

Edward Stourton asks if the island of Ireland is where Brexit will matter most.

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The Myth of Mobs

David Edmonds asks social psychologists about the psychology of crowds.

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Trusting Inmates

Should we place more trust in prisoners to help them change their lives?

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How Did We Save the Ozone Layer?

The story, and lessons, of the international effort to end ozone-destroying chemicals.

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Brexit: What Europe Wants

How political forces in other countries will shape any future UK-EU deal.

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Hospital Trust?

Is public affection for the NHS preventing it from becoming fit for the future?

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Atom Man

The journey of an American 'cold warrior' from nuclear deterrence to nuclear disarmament.

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How Not to Do It

Jacqui Smith reveals why one of New Labour's most cherished sentencing reforms failed.

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Is Talent a Thing?

Why it could be counter-productive to hire by talent, and what to look for instead.

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