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Here are the top stories we recommend this week:
Merryn Somerset Webb talks to Nick Greenwood on the pros and cons of investment trusts
MoneyWeek | Nick Greenwood: the three things to buy now
Daniel Hannan tells The Drum that “the British pound was ‘long overdue’ for a crash”
The Drum | Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan claims that EU was ‘very bad’ for British business and that Brexit will aid the country’s economy
Lanhee Chen stresses the importance of non-sterile understanding in town-hall debate
Sydney Morning Herald | For Donald Trump, settling scores may be exactly the wrong approach in town-hall debate
Jim O’Neill superbug report not tough enough to fix misuse of antibiotics
The Conversation | Superbugs 1, the world 0
Lewis Pugh invited to inspect Lake Baikal by the Russian government
Lewis Pugh Blog | Environmental Glasnot: More than pretty words
Joschka Fischer says the tectonic plates of the Western world have started to slip
The New Times | The West on the brink
Mark Pollock hopes that the ‘Run in the Dark’ will inspire people in the search for a paralysis cure
The Irish News | Mark Pollock still running against the odds with search to find paralysis ‘cure’
Joseph Stiglitz blames the euro and German austerity policies for Europe’s economic problems
Reuters | Nobel laureate Stiglitz sees Italy, others leaving euro zone in coming years