07 December 2009
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Cover story
A little boy lost in the City
George Osborne could soon be running the nation’s finances. He may be politically savvy, but bankers, brokers and economists aren’t sure he’d make a credible chancellor
Features
The power to kill
The media are fundamental to the reconstruction of broken societies and can have a critical impact on the fragile processes of negotiation and conciliation
Greens and blues
Whatever the outcome at Copenhagen, the real work will be done in Europe, where the Tories look increasingly impotent
Call it a load of old bull
Bad banks, troubled assets and securitised loans – such linguistic tricks just add to the madness of the crisis
Essay
One man, one message
If Barack Obama is to save his presidency, he must speak up and persuade Americans that his policies are designed to make the market work for them
Interview
The NS Interview: Rajendra Pachauri
“We need a massive, grass-roots movement to solve climate change” -Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC
The great survivor
As Labour prepares for the general election, Jack Straw talks candidly about his relationship with Gordon Brown, the Iraq war, Islamism, why he is a self-styled radical on electoral reform, and how he will transform our “chilling” libel laws
Campaign spotlight: Bully Beef
Gary Nunn, communications officer, Stonewall
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: Britain’s chilling libel laws must be reformed
The UK's libel system has enabled an extraordinary assault on free speech to take place. Labour must use its remaining time in office to ensure it does not continue
The Politics Column
Cameron's inheritance-tax error
Conservative donors stand to gain from David Cameron's planned cuts to inheritance tax
Radio
Model behaviour
Antonia Quirke is told, by a tall skinny woman, that big can be beautiful, too
Books
Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street
Everything glitters but nothing is gold in this colourful account of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
