IS BRITAIN BROKEN? Ben Page Prospec

MILIBAND’S MESSAGE The big interview on Britain, the world and the future ofthe left

OCTOBER 2008

POLITICS ESSAYS ARGUMENT

BREAD AND POLITICS IN EGYPT Wendell Steavenson

A SLUMP MADE IN JAPAN Jonathan Ford

In this issue:

JAMES FERGUSSON on the battered military covenant

BEN LEWIS Damien Hirst's amazing payday

JAMES CRABTREE US evangelicals aren’t always right

DAVID HERMAN Philip Roth’s fading voice

PETER JUKES goes troll-hunting for Obama

HANS KUNDNANI Schrööder and Fischer argue about Russia

DAVID MILES Greed, ignorance and sub-prime debt

NATASHA LODER Is Nasa a waste ofspace?

FICTION by Ali Smith

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