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July 2011

In Prospect 7 If I ruled the world

Governments should be forced to invest in pure science. rolf-dieter heuer 8 Recommends 10 Diary

Opinions 12 A 21st-century Marshall Plan

We should help north Africa. david davis 13 Is Osborne right?

The cuts may be impossible. paul johnson 14 Checked, not balanced

Is the US political system broken? dahlia lithwick 16 The drugs do work

The NHS does well by the mentally ill. anna blundy

17 This boating life

The battle for Britain’s canals. alice o’keeffe

Politics 18 Following the leader james macintyre & mehdi hasan on the Miliband brothers’ bitter struggle. 19 Can Ed Miliband survive?

james macintyre

22 Letters plus stephen collins’s cartoon strip.

The World 24 The month ahead 24 Nigeria

World-class corruption. richard dowden 25 Belarus

The next Russian puppet? james sherr 26 China

A raid by the culture police. mark kitto

Features

Will Greece destroy Europe? 28 Europe’s fragile bonds

Greece is heading for default. The eurozone—and Europe—could face disaster. wolfgang mÜnchau plus peter kellner on British voters and the EU 33 A crisis of belief

A new generation does not share the old idealism about Europe. larry siedentop

36 A tale of three cities A decade after race riots in Bradford, Oldham and

Burnley, the towns are recovering—but are still scarred by segregation and decline. david goodhart 44 America’s Right: all at sea An evangelical cruise reveals why Republicans are struggling to pick a runner for the White House. adam haslett 54 The catch The tsunami may have overturned the politics of

Japan’s whaling. philip hoare

Special report 56 Two decades of the web evgeny morozov on a failed utopia p56 james manyika & charles roxburgh: the web has made us richer p60 alex smith looks at how it has changed politics p61 catriona chatfield: why GPs love Google p62

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