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In this issue

FEATURES

Succession of lies How Fox News conspired against American democracy Matthew d’Ancona

Conversation: Was austerity worth it? A former Treasury chief and an eminent Keynesian economist ask if the coalition’s cuts were necessary—and whether they worked Nick Macpherson & Ann Pettifor

PROSPECT ˜ MAY 2023

Unequal Britain Income gaps between rich and poor have been growing for decades. What would it take to tip the trend? Danny Dorling

The limits of the west After more than a year of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europeans have learned how they can help—and when they are powerless Nathalie Tocci

Freedom of the city By opposing low-traffic neighbourhoods, car nuts and conspiracy theorists have misunderstood what liberty means Stuart Jeffries