Samuel Brittan - Financial Times http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/samuel-brittan Samuel Brittan on macro economics with particular focus on the UK political economy en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2012. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Thu, 24 May 2012 18:58:18 GMT Thu, 31 May 2012 10:15:43 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/samuel-brittan Samuel Brittan - Financial Times http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/samuel-brittan A new Europe of competing currencies http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8386c83e-a368-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct People will not accept indefinitely a situation in which unused needs and unused hands exist side by side because of ‘austerity’, says Samuel Brittan Thu, 24 May 2012 18:58:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8386c83e-a368-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8386c83e-a368-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0 A real alternative to austerity economics http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73699910-99ca-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct We should target nominal, rather than real GDP to leave room for real growth but limit inflationary take-off, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 10 May 2012 19:25:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73699910-99ca-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 73699910-99ca-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0 Free Market Fairness http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/83f15422-9528-11e1-ad38-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct John Tomasi’s sympathetic attempt to reconcile the beliefs of libertarians and left liberals leaves too many questions unanswered Sun, 06 May 2012 20:16:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/83f15422-9528-11e1-ad38-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 83f15422-9528-11e1-ad38-00144feab49a The BoE needs neither a bureaucrat nor a dictator http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5684e54-8ebc-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is imprtant to resist the civil service instinct to tidy things up, and to accept the tensions and rivalries that arise, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:23:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5684e54-8ebc-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d5684e54-8ebc-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a The bogus distinction between left and right http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff6cda1c-83c7-11e1-82ca-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The concept of a spectrum on which any politically interested person can be placed obscures more than it illuminates, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:16:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff6cda1c-83c7-11e1-82ca-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ff6cda1c-83c7-11e1-82ca-00144feab49a Robbing selective Peter to pay for collective Paul http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e4a5d84-737d-11e1-94ba-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct By only cutting the top rate of tax to 45%, Osborne has chosen to be hung for a lamb when he could have been hung for a sheep, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:01:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e4a5d84-737d-11e1-94ba-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6e4a5d84-737d-11e1-94ba-00144feab49a This time they really may be ‘green shoots’ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57e676ce-6912-11e1-9931-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There is no reason, when official interest rates are scratching zero, why the economic course should be set only once a year, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:28:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57e676ce-6912-11e1-9931-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 57e676ce-6912-11e1-9931-00144feabdc0 The Bank of England’s real failings http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d4c8b418-639f-11e1-b85b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Dan Conaghan’s ‘The Bank’ is a blow by blow account that charts the Bank of England’s response to the crisis, writes Samuel Brittan Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:03:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d4c8b418-639f-11e1-b85b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d4c8b418-639f-11e1-b85b-00144feabdc0 Tax England’s green and pleasant land http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e98b4da-5d56-11e1-869d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The eyes of chancellors of either of Britain’s main political parties glaze over if you as much as mention the subject, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:06:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e98b4da-5d56-11e1-869d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1e98b4da-5d56-11e1-869d-00144feabdc0 Why the world economy still splutters away http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f67c57a-5311-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The important question is how the world deals with its excess savings potential, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f67c57a-5311-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2f67c57a-5311-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0 Diogenes was right to value more than happiness http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f927d20-4769-11e1-b847-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Mill said it was better to be Socrates unhappy than a pig happy. I have always had a sneaking sympathy for the pig, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:25:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f927d20-4769-11e1-b847-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0f927d20-4769-11e1-b847-00144feabdc0 The market still has no rivals http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/768aabbc-3c86-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Capitalism is a means to freedom and prosperity and not an end in itself – but it does not preclude regulation, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:46:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/768aabbc-3c86-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 768aabbc-3c86-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0 Now is the time to eat, drink and be merry http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b800f910-2cb5-11e1-8cca-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Do you feel guilty about indulging yourself amid all the headlines about austerity? Well don’t, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:40:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b800f910-2cb5-11e1-8cca-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b800f910-2cb5-11e1-8cca-00144feabdc0 ‘More Europe’ is a mindless slogan http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2de430ee-2670-11e1-91cd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Blaming Brussels for what has happened is just a shorthand. Often the worst decisions were made by governments, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:38:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2de430ee-2670-11e1-91cd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2de430ee-2670-11e1-91cd-00144feabdc0 A chancellor still wedded to wrong dogma http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2bf8ea2-1b67-11e1-85f8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct George Osborne sees public finances as akin to those of a corner shop, whose outgoings must not exceed its incomings, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:53:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2bf8ea2-1b67-11e1-85f8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c2bf8ea2-1b67-11e1-85f8-00144feabdc0 The Dictator’s Handbook http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3eb31cf6-1049-11e1-8211-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith take a reader-friendly look at dictatorships and imperfect democracies such as Russia and Iran Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:26:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3eb31cf6-1049-11e1-8211-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3eb31cf6-1049-11e1-8211-00144feabdc0 Five simple steps to curing Britain’s new depression http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74e5b240-1114-11e1-ad22-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Controversial estimates of the UK’s reduced capacity eventually become self-fulfilling. Investment is curbed, training is reduced and animal spirits subdued, writes Samuel Brittan Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:14:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74e5b240-1114-11e1-ad22-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 74e5b240-1114-11e1-ad22-00144feabdc0 Why I would have voted no in a Greek referendum http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ccfa788-0546-11e1-b8f4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Winston Churchill once said he would like to see ‘finance less proud and industry more secure’. His words still apply, says Samuel Brittan Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:05:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ccfa788-0546-11e1-b8f4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7ccfa788-0546-11e1-b8f4-00144feabdc0 The splintered opposition to fiscal austerity http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a323ac-fa69-11e0-be7b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Samuel Brittan says what the economy is short of is demand; and if that is too abstract to grasp, call it the flow of spending in the economy Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:31:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14a323ac-fa69-11e0-be7b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 14a323ac-fa69-11e0-be7b-00144feab49a Call off the misguided crusade against ‘inequality’ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e400ed2-ef67-11e0-bc88-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A number of rich businessmen seem to feel guilty about their earnings and have called for higher taxes on people like themselves, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:24:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e400ed2-ef67-11e0-bc88-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6e400ed2-ef67-11e0-bc88-00144feab49a