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Here comes everybody: participatory budgeting, explained

2017 looks set to be a big year for participatory budgeting, as governments attempt to get more savvy in meeting the needs and desires of citizens. So, what is it?

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How Brexit turned the UK German

Future Trends: Jumping a year forward, Stian Westlake offers up a fairytale of 2017, where Britain's political and economic landscape has taken on a Teutonic texture

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What do you do with an unemployed banker?

Comment: After Brexit, banks could face large job losses – and it's middle management workers that will suffer

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Human says no

Future Trends: The next big technological controversy will see the public turn against algorithms and machine learning

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Don't laugh, industrial strategy can make the spirit soar

Theresa May should to take inspiration from the Romans

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Vegetarian food gets bloodthirsty

Future trends: Hyper-realistic mock meat will start to grace our dinner tables in 2017

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Pain, populism and democracy – inside Mexico City’s crowdsourced constitution

Amid accusations of demagoguery, hope for a better political culture

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Futures not of our making

The titans of tech control the story of progress and automation, as they always have. It's time to challenge them

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The night watchman

Mirik Milan is night mayor of Amsterdam, tasked with supporting the city's nightlife and after-hours economy. He discusses juggling the city's diverse needs –​ and what London's new night tsar can learn from him

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The $1 portable microscope that could transform global health

The Foldscope is cheap enough to be disposable, but its high-definition images are as good as those made by vastly more expensive microscopes