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Europe's sclerosis: Sleepwalking to disaster
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The week ahead: Going, going, gone
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David Cameron's mid-term blues
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Babbage: Apple says no
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The masterpieces of Houghton Hall: Summer holiday
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Money talks: Embracing austerity chic?
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Corruption in China: Checked and balanced?
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Underemployed young Indians
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"Abenomics": Japan's man with a plan
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The week ahead: Swede sound of success
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China's female workforce: Factory girls
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Stephen King on the end of affluence: The battle over scarce resources
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Babbage: May 15th 2013
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Malaysia's election battle: Striving for a meritocracy
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Somalia's future: Standing on its own
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An Oxford-style debate considering the proposition: this House believes that society benefits when we share information online. Defending the motion: John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Against the motion: Andrew Keen, author of "Cult of the Amateur". Moderated by The Economist's digital editor, Tom Standage, at The Economist's Ideas Economy: Information 2012 event in San Francisco, California.
