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Can a country switch from one form of capitalism to another? The Economist's Britain politics correspondent Jeremy Cliffe investigates. Show more
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Why have the Tories attracted the label 'the nasty party'? Tory supporter Robin Aitken explores why the phrase took hold, and why it matters in key national debates today. Show more
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Politicians love talking about families. But, asks Jo Fidgen, do they understand modern family life? And how far can or should the state change the way families live? Show more
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Does free speech include a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton speaks to historians, theologians and philosophers to explore the outer limits of free expression. Show more
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Technology has been replacing manufacturing jobs for years and now it has white-collar jobs in its sights. David Baker asks what we will do if robots take over the workplace. Show more
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David Aaronovitch traces the intellectual influences behind society's shift from wrongful denial of child sexual abuse to excessive credulity. Show more
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David Aaronovitch traces the intellectual influences behind society's shift from wrongful denial to excessive credulity. Show more
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Why have British attitudes towards homosexuality changed so far and so fast? Jo Fidgen examines this test case for how public opinion can move. Show more
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Helena Merriman asks what is behind the recent wave of shootings of unarmed black men in the USA. Show more
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Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, asks why Britain spends such vast sums on Housing Benefit - now £25 billion. What good does it do? Show more
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The Fukushima disaster made many people oppose nuclear power. Michael Blastland asks what it would take to change their minds. Show more
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Mukul Devichand hears from leading Labour Party figures who want a radical new welfare settlement, saying the state itself is to blame for society's ills as much as the market. Show more
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Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government, following the Arab Spring. Elections are being held, but can voters be sure autocratic rule is in the past? Show more
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Owen Bennett-Jones asks if the real beneficiaries of the multiple failures of the Arab revolutions are the Islamist militants both of al-Qaeda and its increasingly violent allies. Show more
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The UK is the world's second largest exporter of services. But can this success be maintained? Linda Yueh asks how the country's invisible economy can be made more visible. Show more
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When bombs, guns and diplomacy by well-intentioned outsiders have all failed to resolve long-running conflicts, David Edmonds asks if we should instead ask psychologists for help. Show more
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Euan McIllwraith explores proposals by the Scottish government which could see landowners forced to sell their land against their will. Show more
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Looking at the UK, reunified Germany and the European Union, former cabinet minister John Redwood asks how successful a currency union can be without political union behind it. Show more
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Robin Aitken takes a Conservative perspective to explore the continuing appeal of the ideas of Karl Marx. Show more
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British politics has been going through a period of rapid and remarkable change. Rosie Campbell, a professor of politics, asks if it is time to bin her old lecture notes. Show more
