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  Julian Assange's drama: in the third act, we still don't know what the story is

  20 Jun 2012:

  Is the US really trying to extradite him? Or has he bought into his own hype? A former WikiLeaks staffer parses the latest

• Test policies in 'randomised controlled trials', nudge unit urges

  20 Jun 2012: Paper calls on ministers to adopt a 'test, learn, adapt' method to policy-making to gauge effectiveness and halt inadvertently harmful policies
  

• WikiLeaks cables paint chequered picture of Ecuador

  19 Jun 2012: US diplomatic cables paint an often unflattering portrait of the country in which Assange is attempting to claim asylum

• So, Iain Duncan Smith has a simple solution to child poverty

  14 Jun 2012: James Ball: Decoding the news: Duncan Smith says parents working 35 hours a week will end child poverty. There are one or two problems with this plan …

• More jobseekers told to do unpaid work or face possible loss of benefits

  12 Jun 2012: Mandatory work activity requires jobseekers to work unpaid for up to 30 hours a week or risk losing their benefits

• You're calling that a troll? Are you winding me up?

  12 Jun 2012:

  James Ball: Real trolling can have charm – a childish, even funny act of provocation. It certainly never used to include vicious abuse

• Are gay people really anti-gay marriage?

  8 Jun 2012:

  Reports of a poll on gay marriage suggest that most gay people are apathetic towards the issue. Does the research back that up? James Ball, with your help, finds out

• Google's double standards on online accountability

  7 Jun 2012: James Ball: Google will now warn activists whose governments hack their emails – but in the west it's more likely to hand your data over

• London 2012: torchbearers picked by sponsors keep flame of commerce alive

  6 Jun 2012: Companies sponsoring the Games have been awarded hundreds of slots in the torch relay. Their nominations include directors, clients – and a steel billionaire

• From silver to diamond jubilee, are we really better off?

  5 Jun 2012: James Ball: We're a richer but more unequal society in which more women, but fewer men, work – a report looks at changes over 35 years

• Can online consumers have their cookies and eat them?

  1 Jun 2012: James Ball: You told us: Websites that track their users now have to allow people to opt out. But someone must pay if the advertising model collapses

• Facebook's IPO fallout and the problem with the data-as-profit model

  25 May 2012: James Ball: Excitement about the value of data-gathering fed Facebook's amazing valuation – but it looks unlikely to be such a goldmine

• UK's poorest families face tightest squeeze on income, figures show

  11 May 2012:

  Bottom 10% by income face lower wage increases and higher rates of inflation than richest, according to TUC analysis

• What is the left's issue with the police?

  10 May 2012: James Ball: Though modern policing has become frontline social work, officers are not given the same solidarity as other public servants

• Voting reform and the London mayor

  6 May 2012: James Ball: It seems that many people did not understand the system used in the mayoral elections. Have we got the mayor we really want?

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