April 2014

April 2014 issue

Past issues

Essays

Special report: Barrels of confidence

Dictator worship

William Easterly

Can you really learn Chinese?

Jonathan Mirsky

Robots might start taking more and more of our jobs. © AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Is technology set to steal your job?

Exporting emissions

Book review: Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty

Robert Skidelsky

Learning Chinese in China

Reality deficit disorder

Special report: Shared interests in green energy

Malcolm Grimston

Regulars

The way we were: The purpose of education

If I ruled the world: Simon Callow

The Duel: Should the UK legalise drugs?

Prospect recommends

What if...Labour had won in 1992?

Opinions

If I ruled the world: Simon Callow

The Duel: Should the UK legalise drugs?

End of the "Boris bounce"?

Where are China's feminists?

“Foreigners” are not foreign

In defense of politicians

What if...Labour had won in 1992?

Build on the green belt

Arts & Books

A love of desolation and ruins

The best-selling literary pariah

On not growing up

Books in brief: 'Caught in the Pulpit' by Daniel Dennett and Linda LaScola

Jessica Abrahams

Books in brief: 'Quiet Dell' by Jayne Anne Phillips

Hephzibah Anderson

Are strong leaders overrated?

Ferdinand Mount

Books in brief: 'Capital' by Rana Dasgupta

Books in brief: 'Altered Pasts' by Richard J Evans

Jonathan Derbyshire

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Society and Culture

The way we were: The purpose of education

DIY investor: Predicting the future

Life of the mind: Beneath the surface

Leith on life: How did nobody think of this?

Matters of taste: Two Americas, two breakfasts

Wendell Steavenson

Wine: A Greek revival