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Ethical finance standards must be restored
Ethics is not only acting correctly; it is also not trying to avoid regulation even if one thinks one can get away with it, writes Evelyn de Rothschild
Tibet has stronger self-rule case than Kosovo
All states that have ratified the UN Charter – including China – have accepted the principle of respect for self-determination, writes Paul Harris
We must repel barbarians from Auntie’s gates
The BBC enriches Britain in ways that will only be seen when it is gone and it is too late to rebuild it, says Stephen Fry
Plans to empower Bank of England not bold enough
The Bank of England should be able to obtain intelligence and information about the liquidity of individual banks and institutions, writes Andrew Large
Misleading growth statistics give false comfort
The misstatement that the US economy grew in the first quarter creates an mistakenly sanguine view of the months ahead, writes Martin Feldstein
Lasting euro success requires bolder proposals
The Commission is right to claim the euro is a success. It is also right to admit the euro has fallen short, say Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir
Why the big tent cannot save Brown
Labour’s support is now below a critical level. Its parliamentary survival will depend on cultivating its core supporters, writes Peter Clarke
A conservative crisis of followership
On the issues that matter most to voters, McCain has positioned himself with Republican party orthodoxy against voters, writes David Frum
Seven habits finance regulators must acquire
Unless we are comfortable with a crisis every five years or so, financial regulation must be radically reconsidered. Tighter rules are desirable in the longer-run interests of the banking industry itself let alone the public’s. What should such regulation look like, asks Martin Wolf
Democratic divisions will be hard to bridge
The winner, with help from the loser, will have to re-embrace those identity voters now aligned with a new wing of the party, writes James Carville
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