Argentina's politics

The end of an era

The president is widowed, politically as well as personally(29)

• Mr Kirchner's economic and political legacy(13)
• The ruling couple's political fortunes improve(87)
• The business environment under the Kirchners(36)
• An index of support for the government

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Unemployment and elections in America

Testing the rule

The link between jobs and congressional seats is less clear than many suppose(10)

• Another dose of “quantitative easing” is necessary; but it will not, by itself, revive America’s economy(17)

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The Caucasus

Playground for war

For a clear, brief guide to the countries of the south Caucasus, it would be hard to do better than "The Caucasus: An Introduction" by Thomas de Waal(26)

• The haunting history of the Caucasus (Mar 2010)(16)
• Russia and its troubled regions (Jan 2010)(186)

Atheism and the Enlightenment

In the name of godlessness

An 18th-century Paris salon where philosophers met to eat and drink and deny the existence of God and the soul(8)

• The Economist debates whether religion is a force for good
• God, science and knowledge (31)

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Biodiversity

More complicated than you think

A new, giant virus is confounding old certainties(4)

• The least of God's creatures has value(8)
• A new deep-ocean expedition is revealing previously unknown living treasures (Aug 2010)(8)

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Unions in America

Labour and the left

How public-sector unions make the system work for them(63)

• For decades, America’s public-sector workers have been coddled and spoiled. The recession may change that (Dec 2009)(41)

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Politics and pornography

Rising to the occasion

Electoral victory brings a surprising consequence: the winners look at smut(16)

• Power corrupts, but it corrupts only those who think they deserve it (Jan 2010)(65)
• Palaeolithic pornography unveiled (May 2009)(73)

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The politics of "Freedom"

A novel look at Iraq

Assessing Jonathan Franzen's best-seller(45)

• Mr Franzen on what makes America a "problem state"(59)
• A review of "Freedom" (Aug 2010)(12)

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