10 economic myths

It's wrong to sell austerity as a cure for economic woes, says Dinyar Godrej.

Don't rely on those who caused the crash to resolve it, argues David Ransom.

Taxation creates prosperity just as much as private enterprise, says David Ransom.

Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.

Economists don't always get it right...

There is no evidence of greater efficiency, explains Dinyar Godrej.

Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.

Why should financial markets be accountable only to themselves? asks David Ransom.

David Ransom argues that the opposite is actually true.

We need debt management not reduction, says Dinyar Godrej.

Dinyar Godrej explains why we need to find another way, fast.

A poetic and heartfelt plea to restore a wounded planet. By Suprabha Seshan.

We do not always win - but sometimes we prevail. Mark Engler celebrates a daring victory.

Steve Parry experiences Trolling and is still recovering.

Jonathan Glennie considers the implications of a historical handshake.

The United Nations has to rebuild public trust, says Tom Lawson.

Chris Brazier looks back at our December 2010 issue.

Claire Fauset reports on resistance and repression.

Richard Swift on Canada's new prime minister.

Felicity Arbuthnot is not impressed by the appointment of a Saudi Arabian to the Human Rights Council.

Cultural resistance comes at a terrible cost, reports Emad Al Sharaa.

Families of missing POWs are still waiting for answers after 44 years, says Jas Uppal.

Felicity Thompson reports on Gambia's state of fear.

Wild animals are benefiting from the absence of humans in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, writes Hazel Healy.

Good news stories this month.

Praise, blame and all points in between? Your feedback published in the December 2015 magazine.

Ruby Diamonde dines with a man on a mission to wake up his people.

Cartoon by Simon Kneebone.

Aidan Foster-Carter looks beyond the clichés of the secretive state.

Agim Sulaj from Albania/Italy with ‘A Better Life’.

The Namibian photographer captures a patient vendor in Kenya's Kibera slum.

Ho ho ho. Cartoon by P J Polyp.

The Mexican president may look like butter wouldn't melt... but looks can be deceiving.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

The system is rigged, but it can be changed, the US-Iranian film director tells Malcolm Lewis.

Carol, directed by Todd Haynes; The Lesson, directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.

From Sacred to Secular by Various artists; Impredecible by Bareto.

Nocilla Dream by Augustín Fernández Mallo; A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz by Göran Rosenberg; Smart Citizens, Smarter State by Beth Simone Noveck.

More reviews from the December 2015 magazine, including books on ISIS.