Prospect's picks: Our top articles of 2013

Here are our favourite Prospect articles of the year
December 20, 2013
                           
Are criminals born or made? New research suggests that some people have a stronger innate tendency towards violence than others. Daniel Dennett asks whether this should change the way we think about crime and punishmentDoes Eastern Europe still exist? We should forget the clichés, argues Anne ApplebaumThe relentless charm of Nigel FarageEdward Docx explains the secret of Ukip’s successAdmit it—we lost in Afghanistan Britain needs answers to five questions about its longest war, says Bronwen MaddoxThe social mobility myth Everyone agrees that social mobility has stalled and that education is the answer. Philip Collins thinks they’re wrong. Has democracy had its day? Electoral politics has had a bad decade, writes Mark MazowerWhy I won't vote for the ANCDesmond Tutu says a freedom fighting unit does not make a good political partyRussians once lived hereThe country’s population is shrinking at an alarming rate. Is there any hope for the future? asks Oliver BulloughUnions are doing a bad job for BritainMore people now do low-skilled work—David Goodhart asks why the trade unions aren't doing more to represent them?The heroic absurdity of Dan Brown The less Brown's talent, the more amazing his achievement, says Clive James

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