May 2014 issue
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Essays
Free e-book: Prospect World Thinkers 2014
Prospect Team
Special report: New ground
Nigel Walton
Why do we tolerate poverty?
Amartya Sen
All the world’s an app
Jacob Mikanowski
Russia: Breaking the bear hug
Dieter Helm
Special report: The future is already working
Jim O Neill
Special report: Tech and growth
Prospect Team
Special report: Text ££
Dave Birch
Walking with Karl
Edward Docx
Scottish independence: Time for a UK constitution
Linda Colley
World thinkers 2014: The results
Serena Kutchinsky
Regulars
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Editorial: World thinkers
Bronwen Maddox
If I ruled the world: Irvine Welsh
Serena Kutchinsky
The way we were: European statesmen
Ian Irvine
The Duel: Should schools still teach French?
John McWhorter
What if... France had not sold Louisiana?
Frank Cogliano
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Opinions
Trading without judgement: An interview with Adair Turner
Jay Elwes
Letter from Beijing: Torn between China and the west
Helen Gao
The French Tony Blair
Christine Ockrent
AC Grayling: Freedom to make bad choices
AC Grayling
If I ruled the world: Irvine Welsh
Serena Kutchinsky
The Duel: Should schools still teach French?
John McWhorter
Birmingham could go bust: An interview with Gisela Stuart
Jay Elwes
How European are the British?
Peter Kellner
What if... France had not sold Louisiana?
Frank Cogliano
Arts & Books
Book review: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
David Wolf
Book review: Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love by Simon Blackburn
Hannah Dawson
Book review: The Reckoning by Jacob Soll
John Kay
Book review: Eleanor Marx: A Life by Rachel Holmes
Maria Misra
Book review: Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life by John Campbell
Peter Mandelson
Birmingham could go bust: An interview with Gisela Stuart
Jay Elwes
Book review: Just Freedom by Philip Pettit
Jonathan Derbyshire
Book review: Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis
Adam Kirsch
John Updike: unfairly ignored
Book Review: Updike by Adam Begley
Sam Tanenhaus
Society and Culture
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Leith on life: A bit of a wally
Sam Leith
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Life of the mind: A theoretical defence
Anna Blundy
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DIY Investor: Lessons in long-term thinking
Andy Davis
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Matters of taste: Comfort in ramen
Wendell Steavenson
Book review: Just Freedom by Philip Pettit
Jonathan Derbyshire
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Wine: What’s in a vintage?
Barry Smith
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