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Steve Bannon's mercenaries; Poland's judiciary under fire; the 50 best inventions of the modern economy.

Stephen Bannon has a plan to privatise the war in Afghanistan - and he's been busy selling it to the Pentagon. Poland's judiciary could be sacked under new rules which have seen a tightening of controls over the media and civil society. Undercover economist Tim Harford says Ikea's Billy bookshelves are among the 50 greatest innovations of the modern age - but he's not sure about the iphone.

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