Highlights of 2013 at Juncture online
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Big thinking about the future of the left
- Roberto Unger on why the left should abandon equality
- Nick Pearce asks 'What should social democrats believe in?'
- Lane Kenworthy on what's wrong with predistribution
Can British institutions cope with the challenges they face?
- David Runciman argues that British democracy is facing its biggest crisis of confidence in decades
Fixing Britain's economy
- Francis Coppola, Ann Pettifor, Jonathan Portes, Dean Baker and others provide candid advice to Mark Carney, Bank of England governor
Break-up of Britain?
- As Scots prepare to vote on independence, Juncture discusses the prospects of the break-up of Britain with Linda Colley
Juncture interviews with leading thinkers, economists and political strategists
- Gillian Tett on economic policy after the crash
- Kathy Thelen on marrying economic liberalisation with equality
- Bonnie Honig on a new approach to politics
- David Axelrod on how Obama won and the lessons for progressives
And more!
- Vernon Bogdanor assesses Thatcher's legacy
- Melissa Benn on feminism
- Roy Foster on Ireland after the crash
- Chris Huhne on the case for a Lib-Lab coalition in 2015
- Tim Bale on the failures of Tory modernisation
- John Curtice on Ukip's surge
- Sarah Mulley on winning the argument on immigration
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