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Global markets and the new illiberalism

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What’s going on? The nation has a newish leader, elected on a wave of muted enthusiasm – or at least a sense that he couldn’t be as bad as the last lot – but who has quickly proved a disappointment in

The Saudi Crown Prince wanted to reinvent urban living with his “linear city” stretching 170km across the desert. But with construction on The Line having already stalled, many are asking if the project was ever remotely feasible.

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the