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What Is Money?
Frances Stonor Saunders asks a fundamental question - what is money?
Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?
Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.
Steve Keen: Why Economics is Bunk
Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason interviews the controversial economist Steve Keen.
Wasted Youth
Paul Johnson asks why young school leavers face such difficulty finding stable jobs.
Cameron's Swede Dreams
Why are Tories and the left obsessed with the 'Swedish model'? Jo Fidgen investigates.
Eurogeddon II
Where is the eurozone heading? Disintegration or super-state? Chris Bowlby investigates.
The Gold Standard
Simon Jack asks: Would the financial system be more stable if money was backed by gold?
China's Battle of Ideas
As China changes leadership, Mukul Devichand probes Beijing's hidden battle of ideas.
Political Prejudice
Michael Blastland on why your approach to politics might not be as rational as you think.
Social Epidemiology
Exploring the academic discipline which tries to work out why the health gap exists.
Obama: Peacemaker or Vigilante?
Mukul Devichand asks what President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage.
Keeping the Free Market Faith
Jamie Whyte defends free market ideas in apparently troubled times for capitalism.
Manuel Castells: Alternative Economic Cultures
Prof Manuel Castells on the rise of new economic cultures since the financial crisis.
The School of Hard Facts
Fran Abrams examines the radical ideas of ED Hirsch set to reshape English education.
Labour, the Left and Europe
Edward Stourton asks if Labour should re-evaluate its attitude to the EU.
Left Turn to Catholic Social Teaching?
Matthew Taylor examines Labour's interest in Catholic social teaching.
Green Shoots from the Arab Spring
How the Arab Spring has affected the mindset of ordinary people in the Middle East.
The Rise of Executive Power
Why have workers appeared so weak as bosses tip the balance of power in their favour?
A Scottish Pound?
Chris Bowlby explores the cash question facing an independent Scotland.
The Alawis
Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the sect to which President Assad belongs.
Creative Destruction
Should we be celebrating that some of Britain's big high street brands have gone bust?
Making the Best of a Bad Job
David Goodhart asks whether too much stress on social mobility has demeaned ordinary jobs.
Roberto Unger & Vulgar Keynesianism
Tim Finch asks if current left-of-centre thinking on the economy needs to be more radical.
Islamists International
The impact of the Arab Spring on the global reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Three Score Years and Twenty
Is Britain a good country to grow old in? Chris Bowlby investigates.
Who Decides if I'm a Woman?
Jo Fidgen explores the ideas causing tension between feminists and transgender people.
Nudge Theory in Practice
How well have politicians' attempts to 'nudge' us into doing what they want worked?
Labour's New New Jerusalem
Leading Labour figures urge a radical policy - dismantling the top-down welfare state.
Is Regional Policy a Waste of Time?
As the gap grows between English north and south, is regional policy a waste of time?
The Quantified Self: Can Life Be Measured?
Life-logging and other obsessions of the nascent 'quantified self' movement explored.
Predistribution
Predistribution is Labour's new idea. The US thinker who invented it explains what it is.