Issue 69
December 2001
Contents
Assets for the people
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The state subsidises the asset accumilation of the better off. Can "baby bonds" redress the balance?
Harry Evans's good times
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The golden age of the 1970s cast a long shadow
Lyllapur to Luton
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My Luton childhood made me a secular British Muslim. I don't recognise the new generation
The new deal
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Global protestors attack the only institutions which can be the foundations of a fairer world order
Fictional business
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Literary history teems with the fantastic lives of money men. Why do so many novelists shy away from writing about the world of business?
Blaming America
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The anti-American litany on Iraq and US support for Israel does not bear close scrutiny. Nor does it help explain Islamic world grievances
Who may we bomb?
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Do people get the governments they deserve? It's not always possible to dinstinguish between guilty governments and innocent civilians
Henry's fall
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Henry McLeish's resignation may help Scotland loosen its ties with Westminster
Harmless fun
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September 11th proves that celebrity culture hasn't corrupted society
Divine schooling
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The education in religious schools is not what it's cracked up to be
The end of Nato
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It is time for the EU to take responsibility for its own security
Bosnian blame game
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Britain bears its share of responsibility for the Bosnian fiasco but a simplistic polemic does little to deepen understanding
Art criticism lite
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Where are the critics who can save British art from itself?
Britain after Blair
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David Blunkett's book is a first shot in his leadership campaign
Gaulish horrors
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He may be the best French writer at work today, but Michel Houellebecq shouldn't be allowed out alone
Out of mind
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I am watching a man whose brain is slowly collapsing. He and his wife are trying to enjoy the summer twilight. But he will dance like a puppet to his death
