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History textbooks can start wars

The imposition of an authorised version of events turns education into brainwashing

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The private sector is still holding back because of uncertainties about the direction and pace of government policies
– Nicholas Stern
A small group in the executive is holding the country to ransom
– Fethullah Gulen
UK chancellor will have to balance his austere instincts against political pressure to ‘do something’
– Samuel Brittan

Wolf at the door is the Tories’ best ally

The cause of deficit-reduction keeps the coalition together and makes Labour look feckless

China faces an unpalatable cure for debt

Beijing can either prop up ailing borrowers or allow them to fail, writes Minxin Pei

The oldest light cast on the oldest secret

Scientists offer clues to how the Big Bang made something out of nothing, writes Anjana Ahuja

The sun never sets on Eton’s empire

Controversy over the school reflects the increasing polarisation between rich and poor

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Libya pays price of post-Gaddafi mistakes

Political class still has a chance to build civil society

Barclays needs to consider break-up

Investors mutter about the need for a management shake-up

Fed drains punchbowl but others replenish

Private sector activity replacing Fed stimulus as market driver

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Britain has lost America’s respect

The ‘special relationship’ has been compromised by one side that is no longer sure of who it is

Crimea proves contradictions of ‘self-rule’

Secession cannot be used to stage territorial grabs, and the process must respect local constitutions

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