PROSPECT FEBRUARY
This month 06 If I ruled the world
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Contents February 2014
Features 22 The new cold war
Iran versus Saudi Arabia. ƒ ƒ „ , € „ ‚ ¦ “
08 Recommends 10 Letters
Opinions 12 How to win the next election
14 Is the Fed’s new boss up to the job?
€ 14 The ethics of welfare cuts
‚ ƒ „ ƒ 16 Letter from Beijing
€ ƒ plus € ‚ ’ cartoon strip. 18 What if... the Tories hadn’t sold off
council homes? ‚€ “”
The Prospect duel 20 Should we adopt the living wage?
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Special report: world outlook 59 2014: year of the stockmarket surge
ƒ ƒ “ ƒ ” 62 Where should you put your money?
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Science 64 Mathematical myths and dreams
Conquering the greatest problems. € 65 The month ahead
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32 The Romanians are not coming
¨ ‚, € plus Alarmed about the Roma? “ ƒ€
36 Give me liberty—or £500
Would Scotland prosper from independence? € „ 42 A contract too far?
Selling off the government’s work. € ¦ „ € 46 Europe’s civil war
The religious roots of liberalism. „ ¦ 50 The sound of sense
Robert Frost: misunderstood. ‚ “ 54 The tyranny of recipes
Forget the rules. ” ƒƒ
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Arts & books 66 Hanif Kureishi: the mature radical
‚ „ 68 It’s the economists, stupid
Don’t blame the markets. ƒ ‚ ” 70 La grande illusion
The mystique of French womanhood. ”‚„ • ¦€ “ 72 Shooting writers
The secret of photographing novelists. ‚ “ •
76 Books in brief
Fiction 78 A Summer Sunday
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Life 80 Leith on life “ € 80 Life of the mind ” ¦„ 81 Matters of taste • ¦ 82 Wine „ “ € 82 DIY investor ¦„ ¦
Endgames 84 Enigmas & puzzles „ ‚ 84 The generalist ¦ ¦„“” 87 The Prospect List
Our pick of events 88 The way we were
Learning a foreign language.
