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The coming presidential election badly needs a shot of centrist pragmatism(111)
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India’s most dynamic, but no longer so youthful, industry tries to reinvent itself(40)
The housing market still looks grim, but the rental side hints at recovery(8)
Pygmy with the punch of a giant
The burgeoning influence of Qatar in the Arab world arouses admiration, suspicion and puzzlement. But its motives are mainly pragmatic(16)
The violent dangers of ideology
We interview Mr Pinker about the roots of genocide, the limits of democracy and the dangers of ideology
Free exchange looks at October's nonfarm payroll numbers
Democracy in America on the effects of Alabama's immigration law on school enrollment
Prospero on the winner of the Prix Goncourt
Gulliver examines BA's bid for BMI
Johnson on Brits speaking American
Which MBA? submits that drinking a lot is an important part of the curriculum
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