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Money and Government: A Challenge to Mainstream Economics
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Community politics
Corbyn needs to reflect on an ugly summer, but so do some Jewish community leaders
Big brain, big mistakes
Plato got virtually everything wrong, and we’re still paying the price
Who’s afraid of the WTO?
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When memories burn
The Brazilian National Museum fire was a political accident
Murdoch’s coup
How the Australian version of Sky News has become a home for the far-right
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The Duel
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How Twitter poisoned politics
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Case study: polite politics versus Twitter twaddle
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When the Tories turned on Europe
Britain’s Brexit fate was sealed in 1988—with just two speeches by Margaret Thatcher
Bosnia on the brink
A complex peace deal, backed by Europe and America, ended the Bosnian war in 1995. Now it is falling apart and Russianbacked nationalists are on the rise
THE BREXIT CRUNCH
The derivatives market is worth trillions—what happens if Brexit brings it grinding to a halt?
If Oxford shrugs
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With love and fury
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Judgment on trial
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