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A Fair Trial for the Human Rights Act

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Beyond a Global Deal? A UN+ Approach to Climate Governance

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24 May 11

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8 Mar 11

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Europe in 2011 and beyond

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The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America, and the Rumors of War

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The Third World's War

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22 Nov 10

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Welfare State Reform Over the (Very) Long-run

9 Nov 10

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4 Nov 10

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Phase Three of the Global Crisis

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State of Emergency: The Way We Were, Britain 1970-1974

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Staying Safe Online

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The Political Economy of the Cold War

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A Dialogue with Hernando de Soto

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Economics after the Crisis: Economic Freedom and Public Policy: Economics as a Moral Discipline

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Economics after the Crisis: Market Efficiency and Rationality: Why Financial Markets are Different

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Economic Growth, Human Welfare and Inequality

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A Manifesto for Giant Funds: resolving the dysfunctionality of finance

25 May 10

The Realities and Relevance of Japan's Great Recession

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The Cultural Practices of Cognition

20 May 10

We Don't Know How to Solve Global Poverty and That's a Good Thing

19 May 10

Full Globalisation as a Positive-Sum Game

18 May 10

Frazer Strikes Back from the Armchair

13 May 10

Atheists on Religion

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Islam Quintet: Night of the Golden Butterfly

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The Coming Global Monetary (Dis)Order

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21st Century Challenges: how global crises provide the opportunity to transform the world

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