Contents cover stories 30 Rethinking race

A special feature on the failures of multiculturalism today, with munira mirza, tony sewell, swaran singh & sonia dyer opinions 20 Why ringfence aid?

We should be proud of our commitment to aid. paul collier 22 Killing innovation he coalition is going the wrong way about rebalancing the economy. william cullerne bown 23 Wrong lesson from Iraq

Helping the Arab world’s poorest country. alice fordham science & technology 62 Making a better world

How to get Big Pharma to produce cheap drugs. philip ball

42 An academic question

Why did we stop loving our universities? jean seaton UK politics 21 A lesson from history apid cuts are a disaster. ed balls 38 Patron saint of the big society urke’s legacy. david marquand 46 Blame it on the baby boomers

David Willetts interviewed. 71 The leader we deserved ony Blair’s memoir is the best of the new Labour lot. david goodhart correspondents 29 Letter from Cyprus thnic autism. tabitha morgan

24 University challenge

A modest proposal to reform higher education. chris goodall 25 Good luck Nigeria he country is finally trying to clean up its act. richard dowden featureS 50 Lula’s legacy he next president of Brazil needs to keep up the good work. nathan shachar 56 Matters of life and death

What the trolley problem tells us about morality. david edmonds

65 It’s good to talk

A new dialogue is needed to tackle natural crises. randolph kent 66 Sling power echnology, not natural selection, made modern man. timothy taylor arts & books 75 Capitalism in question

Market myths. michael lind 76 A novel for the noughties

Jonathan Franzen’s new novel doesn’t disappoint. tom chatfield 78 England, my England!

he gaps in Michael Wood’s history of England. maurice glasman

FICTION 84 Tourists

A new story by christos tsiolkas regulars 8 Prospect recommends 12 Diary 13 Dr Pangloss brian eno 14 Everyday philosophy nigel warburton New this month 15 Number cruncher peter kellner 18 Letters plus stephen collins’s cartoon strip. 93 Enigmas & puzzles ian stewart 94 The generalist didymus 95 The Prospect list columnists 7 If I ruled the world andrew martin 10 Political notes anne mcelvoy 16 Economy class tim leunig 67 Sporting life david goldblatt 68 Matters of taste william skidelsky 96 Dear Wilhemina correspondents 26 Washington watch renegade 27 Brussels diary manneken pis 28 China café mark kitto science & technology 64 Lab report philip ball 66 The month ahead anjana ahuja arts & books 74 Cultural notebook sam leith 77 Performance notes martin kettle 80 Words that think for us edward skidelsky 80 The way we were ian irvine 81 Smallscreen peter bazalgette This month 82 FiveBooks max mosley on privacy october 2010 · prospect · 5