March 2016 issue of Prospect Magazine (#240)
Features
Deirdre McCloskey / February 18, 2016
Real average income per person in the world is rising faster than ever before
Philip Collins / February 18, 2016
He has not changed his mind in 30 years. That is rigidity, not consistency
Swaran Singh / February 18, 2016
Most Britons, of all backgrounds, try their best
Archie Brown / February 18, 2016
Leaders shape history less than they think—with some exceptions
Justice Malala / February 18, 2016
The South African president is much to blame for his country's woes
John Springford , Simon Tilford / February 18, 2016
Britain's real obstacle lies at home
Bronwen Maddox / February 18, 2016
Britain has to maintain its international standing on a reduced budget, says Philip...
Anton Shekhovtsov , Peter Pomerantsev / February 18, 2016
The young democracies of central Europe are threatened by their leaders
Anatole Kaletsky / February 18, 2016
Gordon and Lawrence Summers both make the same mistake
Philip Ball / February 17, 2016
Might cancer be a natural part of a cell's landscape?
Opinions
AC Grayling / February 18, 2016
He is mistaken in equating inequality and poverty
Yuan Ren / February 18, 2016
Young Chinese businesses, free of government control, are the future
Sam Tanenhaus / February 18, 2016
America's "dark money"
Peter Kellner / February 18, 2016
Voters are more content than during the later stages of the last Labour government
Ben Judah / February 18, 2016
Boris has made a playground for billionaires, and ignored homelessness
Jessica Abrahams / February 11, 2016
It is anticipated by many, but built upon unwelcome foundations
Regulars
Prospect Team / February 18, 2016
Test your wits with Prospect's challenging monthly crossword
Lisa Randall / February 18, 2016
I'd hold off colonising Mars—but ensure women get heard
Clare Foges , Oliver Kamm / February 18, 2016
Our panellists battle it out
Ian Irvine / February 18, 2016
Extracts from memoirs and diaries
Prospect Team / February 18, 2016
Arts & Books
Francesca Wade / April 21, 2016
Bloomsbury, £25
Thomas De Quincey, wrote the magazine John Bull in 1824, was the...
Miranda France / February 18, 2016
The playful fiction of Javier Marias is brilliantly funny
Ivan Hewett / February 18, 2016
Pierre Boulez's musical works were a beautifully decorated cul-de-sac
John McTernan / February 18, 2016
Allen Lane, £30
“What on earth is going on in Scotland?” This question is eagerly...
Houman Barekat / February 18, 2016
Verso, £9.99
The American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates rose to prominence in 2014 with a...
Luke Maxted / February 18, 2016
Atlantic, £18.99
Ian Buruma’s varied education (Chinese literature at Leiden and...
Peter Robins / February 18, 2016
Faber, £12,99
Cycle couriers have accumulated glamour even as much of their work has...
Jonathan Powell / February 18, 2016
When dealing with dictators we shouldn't forget our long-term interests, argues Jonathan...
Anthony Cummins / February 18, 2016
Harvill Secker, £16.99
Tim Parks often writes about Italy, where he lives, but his...
Ben Wilson / February 18, 2016
Macmillan, £30
At the outset of his monumental study, David Cesarani laments the...
Jessica Abrahams / February 18, 2016
Atlantic, £20
For those who grew up gorging on the rich rhetoric of Christopher...
Andy Martin / February 18, 2016
Existentialists had good questions and great times
Chris Tilbury / February 18, 2016
Elliot and Thompson, £16.99
“The land on which we live has always shaped us. It...
Life
Sam Leith / February 18, 2016
"There’s nothing so dangerous in a marriage as attempting to bring an outside...