- The end of growth? A new paper argues that \'the rapid progress made over the past 250 years could well turn out to be a unique episode in human history.\'
- VS Naipul\'s account of the 1984 Republican Convention: strangely comforting to know so little has changed.
- Conciliation as a counter-terrorism strategy: it worked for the Israelis.
- David Frum says Mitt Romney\'s foreign policy would be cautious and realist because war is expensive and the GOP believes in tax cuts above all.
- Favourable demography is one reason to be optimistic about Burma\'s democratic prospects. (Thanks Milton.)
- How climate change helps make the case for a Global Infrastructure Bank.
- David Cameron\'s \'golden thread\': a critique of his foreign aid philosophy. (Thanks Danielle.)
- This Pew Research Centre graph on American inequality tells a remarkable story.
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