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The Arab uprising fuelled hopes of sweeping change. Three books explore why that did not happen as expected.
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The economist talks about transforming his economic opus ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ into a 100-minute film
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Martin Wolf reviews two important new books on Trump, strongmen leaders and the most disturbing political development of our times
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