Goldman Sachs
Finance: The new certainty—debt and taxes
The markets are currently a fast-changing place. Here, experts give their take on how to manage money in an environment shaped by the deficits of the “rich” world
Letters
The Eurozone in crisis, getting serious about Libya and overestimating Wagner
Foreword: Many protests, one answer
Fear of the new austerity flickers through Prospect this month, writes Bronwen Maddox
Good luck Nigeria
Fifty years after independence, Africa’s most populous country is finally trying to clean up its act
The dustbin of art history
Why is so much contemporary art awful? We’re living through the death throes of the modernist project—and this isn’t the first time that greatness has collapsed into decadence
Crisis watch: taming wall street
Thanks to the efforts of one senator, US lawmakers are realising that Wall Street must be reeled in if the economy is to prosper
Paying the price of finance
Three books, three different views on the financial crisis. But what is clear is that changing the system will take time—and that our best hope is simplicity
Aiding and abetting
Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo talks to Prospect about why development is simple, good governance comes second to financial stability, and the credit crunch may be good for Africans