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March 2016 issue of Prospect Magazine (#240)

Features

Relax, economic pessimists: the sky will not fall
Deirdre McCloskey / February 18, 2016
Real average income per person in the world is rising faster than ever before
Jeremy Corbyn: the politician who never grew up
Philip Collins / February 18, 2016
He has not changed his mind in 30 years. That is rigidity, not consistency
Is Britain a racist country?
Swaran Singh / February 18, 2016
Most Britons, of all backgrounds, try their best
Does leadership matter?
Archie Brown / February 18, 2016
Leaders shape history less than they think—with some exceptions
Jacob Zuma must fall
Justice Malala / February 18, 2016
The South African president is much to blame for his country's woes
Cameron's EU deal is wafer thin, but that's not the point
John Springford , Simon Tilford / February 18, 2016
Britain's real obstacle lies at home
Philip Hammond interview: we must maintain our international standing on a reduced budget
Bronwen Maddox / February 18, 2016
Britain has to maintain its international standing on a reduced budget, says Philip...
The new nationalism: Eastern Europe turns right
Anton Shekhovtsov , Peter Pomerantsev / February 18, 2016
The young democracies of central Europe are threatened by their leaders
Sorry Robert Gordon, economic growth is not over
Anatole Kaletsky / February 18, 2016
Gordon and Lawrence Summers both make the same mistake
Is the notion of a cure for cancer too simplistic?
Philip Ball / February 17, 2016
Might cancer be a natural part of a cell's landscape?

Opinions

Ed Miliband is right and wrong about poverty
AC Grayling / February 18, 2016
He is mistaken in equating inequality and poverty
China's dead supermarkets
Yuan Ren / February 18, 2016
Young Chinese businesses, free of government control, are the future
US politics has been bought by the super rich
Sam Tanenhaus / February 18, 2016
America's "dark money"
How optimistic is Britain?
Peter Kellner / February 18, 2016
Voters are more content than during the later stages of the last Labour government
London, 2016: where people cling to prayer, not politics
Ben Judah / February 18, 2016
Boris has made a playground for billionaires, and ignored homelessness
Valentine's Day: a classic example of benevolent sexism
Jessica Abrahams / February 11, 2016
It is anticipated by many, but built upon unwelcome foundations

Regulars

The Generalist by Didymus: issue 240
Prospect Team / February 18, 2016
Test your wits with Prospect's challenging monthly crossword
If I ruled the world: Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall / February 18, 2016
I'd hold off colonising Mars—but ensure women get heard
Duel: should all immigrants learn English?
Clare Foges , Oliver Kamm / February 18, 2016
Our panellists battle it out
The way we were: the 1975 Referendum
Ian Irvine / February 18, 2016
Extracts from memoirs and diaries
Puzzles and Enigmas by Barry R Clarke: issue 240
Prospect Team / February 18, 2016

Arts & Books

Book review: A Life of Thomas De Quincey by Frances Wilson
Francesca Wade / April 21, 2016
Bloomsbury, £25 Thomas De Quincey, wrote the magazine John Bull in 1824, was the...
Javier Marias's game of mirrors in Madrid
Miranda France / February 18, 2016
The playful fiction of Javier Marias is brilliantly funny
Pierre Boulez's path to total purity
Ivan Hewett / February 18, 2016
Pierre Boulez's musical works were a beautifully decorated cul-de-sac
Book review: Independence or Union by TM Devine
John McTernan / February 18, 2016
Allen Lane, £30 “What on earth is going on in Scotland?” This question is eagerly...
Book review: The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehsi Coates
Houman Barekat / February 18, 2016
Verso, £9.99 The American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates rose to prominence in 2014 with a...
Book review: Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War by Ian Buruma
Luke Maxted / February 18, 2016
Atlantic, £18.99 Ian Buruma’s varied education (Chinese literature at Leiden and...
Book review: What Goes Around by Emily Chappell
Peter Robins / February 18, 2016
Faber, £12,99 Cycle couriers have accumulated glamour even as much of their work has...
The art of Realpolitik
Jonathan Powell / February 18, 2016
When dealing with dictators we shouldn't forget our long-term interests, argues Jonathan...
Book review: Thomas and Mary: A Love Story by Tim Parks
Anthony Cummins / February 18, 2016
Harvill Secker, £16.99 Tim Parks often writes about Italy, where he lives, but his...
Book review: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 by David Cesarani
Ben Wilson / February 18, 2016
Macmillan, £30  At the outset of his monumental study, David Cesarani laments the...
Book review: And Yet... Essays by Christopher Hitchens
Jessica Abrahams / February 18, 2016
Atlantic, £20 For those who grew up gorging on the rich rhetoric of Christopher...
What does it feel like to be dead?
Andy Martin / February 18, 2016
Existentialists had good questions and great times
Book review: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
Chris Tilbury / February 18, 2016
Elliot and Thompson, £16.99  “The land on which we live has always shaped us. It...

Life

Irritations: the essence of married love
Sam Leith / February 18, 2016
"There’s nothing so dangerous in a marriage as attempting to bring an outside...
Hoping that you're wrong
Anna Blundy / February 18, 2016
Life of the mind
Uruguay: the new word in wine
Barry Smith / February 18, 2016
The country is claiming its own grape
Paris: heaven on earth
Wendell Steavenson / February 18, 2016
But its coffee is terrible
A budget for the self-employed
Andy Davis / February 18, 2016
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