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From Credit Crisis to Resilience—Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value
2/4 Mark Carney assesses what lessons have been learnt from the 2008 financial crash.

From Moral to Market Sentiments—Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value
1/4 Why have financial values come to be considered more important than human ones?

Shifting the Foundations—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Jonathan Sumption argues against Britain adopting a written constitution.

Rights and the Ideal Constitution—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Jonathan Sumption assess the pros and cons of written and unwritten constitutions.

Human Rights and Wrongs—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Jonathan Sumption argues that courts have usurped power via human rights law.

In Praise of Politics—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Jonathan Sumption explains how democracy can accommodate opposing opinions and interests

Law's Expanding Empire—Jonathan Sumption - Law and the Decline of Politics
Jonathan Sumption argues that the law is taking over the space once occupied by politics.

War's Fatal Attraction—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
5/5 Margaret MacMillan examines how we remember and represent war in art.

Managing the Unmanageable—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
4/5 Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.

Civilians and War—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain
3/5 Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.