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FT.com - Comment and analysis
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FT.com - Comment and analysis
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'A framework for economic stability'
The biggest error was to take too seriously voices clamouring for a path to sound finance once the recession is over, writes Samuel Brittan
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Never mind the team: the president does the moves
Barack Obama's choice of foreign policy heavyweights is significant for its ambition rather than its caution. If he really does want to recast America's relationship with the world, surrounding himself with seasoned players will make the task easier not harder, says Philip Stephens
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Human beings are not mere selfish agents
If the understanding of economics within government is radically incomplete, it is worse in society generally, writes Jesse Norman
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Unilateral Germany threatens to weaken Europe
There is perhaps less trust between the French and German governments than at any time in the past 20 years, writes Charles Grant
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Sense of crisis keeps life sweet for Sarkozy
A majority of French citizens now have a positive opinion of their president, but they are also deeply pessimistic and apprehensive, warns Dominique Moisi
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Let us call off the bank-burning posse
The witch-finders have overreached themselves in claiming that banks are unreasonably cutting off credit to viable small companies, says Jonathan Guthrie
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Time to give something back, Bob
Robert Rubin needs to find a way to make up for his part in Citi's downfall. My suggestion is that, in addition to giving up his bonus for this year and last, he returns the bonuses he got in 2005 and 2006, when Citi's risk-taking ratcheted up, writes John Gapper
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Thailand: the next Asian basket case?
A country's underlying institutions need to be impartial and dependable. That is not the case in Thailand, writes David Pilling
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Only new thinking will save the global economy
It is time to suspend unquestioned faith in a quick return to the past and adjust to the reality of change, writes Mohamed El-Erian
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India needs a clear Pakistan policy
It simply must address the implications of Pakistan's implosion – its rapidly deteriorating capacity to act like a sovereign state, writes Sunil Khilnani
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How to avoid the horrors of 'stag-deflation'
Only very aggressive and co-ordinated policy actions will ensure the global economy recovers in 2010 rather than facing protracted stagnation and deflation, writes Nouriel Roubini
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The east's innovators are no threat to the west
The technological capabilities of China and India create more commercial opportunities than threats, writes John Kay
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Global imbalances threaten the survival of liberal trade
Surplus countries must expand domestic demand relative to potential output. Only in this way can the deficit countries realistically hope to avoid spending themselves into bankruptcy, writes Martin Wolf
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Lessons from the Mumbai tragedy
Full of rich foreigners and the local elite, smart hotels are prestige targets for terrorists. The only long-term solution, says Gideon Rachman, is to strengthen Pakistan's civilian politicians who realise that the country's past support for jihadist movements has backfired
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The police, and the state, are out of control
If the police think that they can discard due process, they have been taking their cue from the government. Philip Stephens on the Damian Green affair
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