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HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET

Solving climate change needn’t wreck the economy. It’s the smartest way to fix it p20 plus

Mind your language—communicating the climate problem p24 The Duel

Should we pursue boundless economic growth?

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Medicine in black and white ............................................................... 32 Clinical practice is warped by dangerous ideas about race Prospect Portrait Virat Kohli ............................................................... 38 India’s cricket captain is as swaggering as his nation The lonely prosecutor ............................................................................... 44 One man’s historic fight for justice in central Africa High street blues .............................................................................................. 50 When the shops close a part of the community dies

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Letters ...................................................................................................................... 8

Opinions Change at No 10 offers no hope ............................................................ 10 Hold on to the two-party system........................................................... 11 When the FA tried to kill women’s football ................................ 12 We risk losing our national genius for moderation ............. 13 View from Greece A snap poll and Syriza on the slide ................................................... 14 At law Our constitution sometimes works ................................................... 19

Speed data ........................................................................................................ 17 Video killed the sports star

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Coming up this month: a Hay Festival special with Steven Pinker and Elif Shafak; Timothy Hyde on the politics of ugly architecture; and Karen Armstrong on the lost art of scripture Visit prospectmagazine.co.uk or wherever you get your podcasts