Contents
1 Editorial 5 Contributors 6 Letters
Up front
8 HOW TO FIX Worldwide vaccination
Rich nations must stop hoarding—and start sharing 9 WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT... NFTs
Non-fungible tokens are taking
the art market by storm. But what are they? plus In fact
10 IN PRAISE OF LOST CAUSES Coral
A wonder of nature doomed by climate change € plus Stephen Collins’s
cartoon strip 11 AT LAW Licence to kill
‚ 12 VIEW FROM Catalonia How Spain is undermining
the unity of EU law ƒ ƒƒ 13 SPEED DATA Of dreams and drift
Why “social mobility” waffle only cements inequality ƒ 14 THE DUEL Is it OK for protesters to break
the law? „ ƒ ƒ ƒ … ‚† ‚
Essays
Cover story
16 The economics of hope Technology is transforming the world, but most intellectuals are so fixated on the painful disruption that they lose sight of the promise. In contrast, Carlota Perez takes a long view, and explains to Tom Clark why a smart, green and fair tomorrow is on the way
PROSPECT
24 The long shadow of Covid-19 As the pandemic becomes endemic, where do we go next?
30 Another country Romantic visions of rural Britain blind us to the hardship there— as I recall from my childhood
36 Divided we fall It’s perverse—and ahistorical— to force a choice between fighting antisemitism and battling anti-black racism
40 The dangers of safetyism Beware bureaucracies that promise to protect you
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PROSPECT PORTRAIT Whatever it takes For Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, the thuggery is the point
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