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Per capita, the United States employs many more prison guards than the rest of the world, and 35 per cent fewer police. Since David Cameron became Prime Minister, the amount that MPs claim in...

This month, Prospect's food columnist Wendell Steavenson forages for her supper in the foothills of the Alps, experimenting with dandelions, mushrooms and snails. Here, veteran forager Becky York,...

Economist and author, with Abhijit Banerjee, of "Poor Economics"

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