prospect july 2012

This month 6 If I ruled the world dambisa moyo 8 Recommends 10 Diary 12 Letters

Opinions 14 California’s lessons for the euro urope needs American federalism. c. randall henning 15 School’s out forever crap long summer holidays. sonia sodha 16 Cancer wars he limits of treatment. catriona chatfield stephen collins’s cartoon strip. 18 Gaddafi’s ghost ibya’s dictatorship lingers. martin fletcher 19 China diary mark kitto

Science & technology 56 The lunatic fringe oliticians’ disgraceful ignorance. plus Ten steps to scientific literacy. mark henderson 59 The month ahead anjana ahuja

Life 60 The futility of forgiveness

My sister’s death. richard wilson

62 Investment an you profit from sport? andy davis 62 Matters of taste

Whither Mr Whippy? simon wroe 64 Wine

Great British grapes. barry smith

Contents

July 2012

Features 20 How to get growth paul krugman takes on the big debate in this exclusive Prospect roundtable.

30 Putting the Tories right he men behind UKIP’s rise. james macintyre plus peter kellner 36 End of the rainbow?

Mandela’s legacy is under threat. justice malala plus richard calland 40 Who are the Pirates?

“Upstarts” invade German politics. katharina kehl 42 Professors without borders

Goodbye campus, hello computers. kevin charles redmon 48 Dark arts of the north he world loves Nordic crime. john banville 52 Unreasonable risk

Are we irrational? john coates plus philip booth, hans oberdeik and michael o’shea

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Summer arts preview 66 An operatic journey waziland to Glyndebourne. richard e grant 68 Singing in the rain a Bohème. imogen stubbs 70 The lure of the gallery ssential exhibitions. james woodall 72 Bourne supremacy

A dance masterpiece. david benedict 74 All the world’s a stage utdoor theatre. michael coveney

Books 76 The centipede

Eliot’s mountain of letters. dj taylor 78 France’s greatest export?

hilosophy post-Sartre. jonathan r�e 79 The month in books lisa appignanesi

Fiction 8o Monstress lysley tenorio

Endgames 84 The generalist didymus 84 Enigmas & puzzles ian stewart 86 The Prospect list 88 The way we were roublesome guests. ian irvine