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Wrong on the way down and up

The MPC has once again entered the world of wishful thinking, as it did at the beginning of the recession that it failed to spot

It’s good to go walkabout

Central bankers need to be people with experience of the real world, rather than academic economists

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Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

As the guardians of the souls of our communities, local cultural institutions must fight and adapt in the face of budget cuts.

Cuts won't cost the earth

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Terrorists don’t install disabled toilets

Leader: The battle over poverty starts here

Leader: The battle over poverty starts here

A reduction in poverty should be the centrepiece of any future Labour programme

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The NS Interview: Robert Skidelsky

The NS Interview: Robert Skidelsky

“Osborne gets away with it – people haven’t really nailed him”

Michael Moore: Q+A

The documentary-maker on capitalism, Obama and why Britain is about to get punished

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Happiness is U-shaped

Don't believe all you read suggesting that quality of life in the UK is rotten

Campaign spotlight: Toxic assets

Adam Ramsay, campaigner at People and Planet

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It’s time for a few home truths

Metropolis now

Campaign spotlight: Tax appeal

Privatisation on parole

What’s so bad about inflation?

Sigrid Rausing

Uganda's war on gays

Uganda is sanctioning gay genocide

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

John Pilger

Free West Papua

John Pilger

Poll of Polls

All the latest figures

Poll of Polls

Events Calendar

What's on

Events Calendar

Think Tanks

The best ideas

Thought Leadership

David Blanchflower

Failed economists

It’s good to go walkabout

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