Greece set to return to the polls after Alexis Tsipras announces his resignation
After only seven months in office, the Greek premiere has announced his resignation, calling a snap election.
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The act of giving is always a calculated risk. Julian Baggini explores the limits of altruism.
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Slavoj Žižek: Thanks to the EU’s villainy, Greece is now under financial occupation
A response to some of my critics.
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The decline and fall of the “work-life balance“
For centuries, we have been figuring out ways to increase our leisure time. Though we are far from a holidaying…
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Owen Jones: if Jeremy Corbyn wins, prepare for a firestorm
If Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership, he will come under attack from the media establishment, the Tories and much…
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Is having children about to become a vanity project for the rich?
How George Osborne’s two-child benefit limit is making building a family into a class issue.
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Why lefties lack self-control
For the left, the challenge is to avoid approaching problems as though we are passive targets for economic forces.
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Why the Tories feel so secure even with a majority of just 12
The Conservatives are exploiting Labour’s weaknesses and addressing their own.
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