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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World Adam Tooze Allen Lane, 720pp. 30 [pounds sterling] The story of the 2008 crisis is one of supersized taxes, mutant [...]

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism Mariana Mazzucato Allen Lane, 272pp. 20 [pounds sterling] The year after men first walked on the moon, a skinny 20-year-old responded with [...]

Dreamers: How Young Indians are Changing the World Snigdha Poonam Hurst, 224pp, 14.99 [pounds sterling] Just over a decade ago, I rolled off the plane at Delhi, itching to meet [...]

Who Owns the Future? Jaron Lather Allen Lane, 384pp, £20 To Save Everything, Click Here: Technology, Solutionism and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don't Exist Evgeny Morozov Allen Lane,432pp, [...]

India loves a hero; it is one way that a country of such size and diversity can remind itself of its identity. Half a century on from Gandhi and Nehru, [...]

In It Together: The Inside Story of the Coalition Government Matthew d'Ancona Viking, 432pp, [pounds sterling]25 In It Together does not claim to be a book about class but the […]

Calcutta is where the British began their colonisation of India, and it has made the most of independence. Whatever the complexion of the national government, the city's wilful voters have [...]

The article discusses the men's fashion industry in Great Britain. It reports on the emergence of several British menswear companies since the 1990s, including Albam, Folk, and Oliver Spencer, which have reinvigorated domestic clothing manufacturing. Topics include prominent styles, the increasing attention young British men are paying to fashion, and the declining popularity of Italian brand names such as Gucci and Prada.

In this article the author discusses government economic policy in Great Britain in early 2011. It is noted that the government of Conservative Party prime minister David Cameron is committed to widespread reductions in public spending that will result in the loss of 500,000 public sector jobs. A number of topics are addressed including the economic condition of Great Britain following the global financial crisis of 2008-09, Cameron's view that private industry will be an engine for economic growth, and Great Britain's manufacturing capacity.

The article focuses on protest for housing justice in Great Britain. Topics discussed include eviction of Juliet Azie from boroughs of London, England by real estate developer Barnet Homes, subsidies for landlords by the government of Great Britain Prime Minister David Cameron, concerns of laws on affordable housing in the region, and the need for social mobility.

The article presents the author's comments on economic and political conditions in Europe as of July 2013, with a focus on the views of Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party. Topics include Farage's opinion that Great Britain should exit the European Union (EU), populism in European political parties, and the attitudes of political and social conservatives in Great Britain.

Looks at the story of 17-year-old Saurabh Singh, who falsely claimed that he won a worldwide NASA talent contest after taking an exam once taken by the India's President Abdul Kalam. Review of Singh's poor upbringing in the obscure Uttar Pradesh province; Media reaction to Singh's winning the contest; Planned meetings between Singh and various dignitaries; Discovery that Singh invented the contest and the test itself; Reaction of the media following the revelation that Singh had made the story up.

The article focuses on the commercialization of the Keep Calm and Carry On slogan that originated in Great Britain during World War II and discusses how booksellers Stuart and Mary Manley applied the slogan to commercial products during the global economic crisis.

The article reports on the motivational posters "Keep Calm and Carry on" issued by the British government in 1939. The poster was produced to boost the spirit of British public during World War II when Nazis were threatening the country. This poster was distributed without public display and so was not so famous during that time. However later the phrase became popular.

The article focuses on Nigel Farage, head of Great Britain's Independence Party. He is a man of the people who went to a public school and Dulwich College. Across austerity in Europe, extreme economic conditions are producing extremist politics. A right-winger who appeals to the 1950s revivalists but can also speak contemporary human also.

The article consider the legacy of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The author notes that Thatcher succeeded in cutting taxes, liberalizing labor markets, and privatizing state-owned businesses. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, though, it is maintained that a different economic template is needed.

Focuses on the city of Calcutta in India. Number of consecutive years that the voters of Calcutta have elected a Marxist administration, suggesting the city has a separate political attitude from the national government of India; Indication that the city is pro-Marxist, noting the name changes of two streets to Karl Marx Street and Ho Chi Minh Street; Evidence that the Marxist government is courting international business enterprises, such as International Business Machines Corp.; Excerpts from a brochure promoting Calcutta as a "new city"; Author's observations while visiting Calcutta.