Why are the British bad at maths?
Teaching methods are one reason—but the English language doesn’t help
The Prospect list
What’s on this month
Learning to like the Lady
Aung San Suu Kyi is serving Burma better than ever
North Korea’s artful long game
Kim Jong-un knows what he's doing. The US must seize the initiative
Will China curb its proxy?
North Korea is testing the patience of Beijing
The liberation of Japan?
The past ten years of economic stagnation in Japan has been a period of creative destruction. As the "iron triangle" of big business, elite bureaucracy and conservative politics has crumbled-so have the stifling hierarchies of Japanese life.
Asia diary
For women, the sexual revolution has finally reached Japan. Will the Japanese share their love with China?
Digest
Yael Tamir, a professor of philosophy, looks at what our revulsion at clitoridectomy tells us about ourselves
Wrongs and rights in development
Can developing countries enjoy fast economic growth and political freedom? Does the provision of decent health care and education in such countries stimulate or restrain wealth creation? Amartya Sen addresses these two momentous questions in respect to India, a democracy…
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