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Samuel Brittan

Capsule Review
Jul/Aug
1995
Capitalism with a Human Face
Richard N. Cooper
Capsule Review
Spring
1984
The Role and Limits of Government
William Diebold, Jr.
Essay
Special
1982
A Very Painful World Adjustmentpremium content icon
Samuel Brittan

The financial position is almost irretrievable: the country has lost its way. In the worst of the war I could always see how to do it. Today's problems are elusive and intangible, and it would be a bold man who could look forward to certain success. --Winston Churchill, on returning as Prime Minister in 1951.
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November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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