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 2013. "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, 16 May 2013 18:00:05 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 11:20:18 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/samuel-brittan Samuel Brittan - Financial Times http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/samuel-brittan Britons want more work – let’s help them http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b9f31fd0-bd66-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There is very substantial spare capacity in the economy – a great many people would like to work for more hours each week Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b9f31fd0-bd66-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b9f31fd0-bd66-11e2-890a-00144feab7de Beware the spell of magic numbers http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/076181f0-b0cc-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Economic policy and analysis would benefit from a less credulous acceptance of each purported research finding, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 02 May 2013 17:35:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/076181f0-b0cc-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 076181f0-b0cc-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0 Thatcher was right – there is no ‘society’ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1387b70-a5d5-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The former prime minister was pointing out that aid for the poor has to come from the inhabitants of the country concerned, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:29:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1387b70-a5d5-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d1387b70-a5d5-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0 Forget trying to change any country http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c04d32d0-9b97-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Berlin chose to turn its back on what was considered the conventional wisdom and has done quite well out it, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:33:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c04d32d0-9b97-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c04d32d0-9b97-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0 It’s the monetary policy that matters http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e10ebba0-917a-11e2-b839-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Serious macroeconomic consideration of the Budget should centre on the Treasury’s supplementary monetary review, writes Samuel Brittan Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:18:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e10ebba0-917a-11e2-b839-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e10ebba0-917a-11e2-b839-00144feabdc0 The British Budget is not as great as it was http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f490ebda-8b2b-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is fair to say that it had its heyday in the 1960s and has never regained its economic or political eminence, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:17:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f490ebda-8b2b-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f490ebda-8b2b-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0 A not-so-secret sterling devaluation ploy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1fea01a-80db-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The antics of a rating agency are merely a sideshow to the adventures of the pound, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:45:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1fea01a-80db-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a1fea01a-80db-11e2-9c5b-00144feabdc0 A proposal for the Bank’s new mandate http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6229fb0-753b-11e2-b8ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The dogged pursuit of highbrow theories leaves the BoE with little room to manoeuvre, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:18:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6229fb0-753b-11e2-b8ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c6229fb0-753b-11e2-b8ad-00144feabdc0 The folly of beggar-my-neighbour policies http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6879ea32-6ad0-11e2-9871-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct German leaders have been quick to attack the Japanese stimulus programme, writes Samuel Brittan. But is their criticism justified? Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:22:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6879ea32-6ad0-11e2-9871-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6879ea32-6ad0-11e2-9871-00144feab49a A funny way of firing up the locomotive http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/992c9faa-5f2f-11e2-be51-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Austerity policies have often failed, as by reducing growth or inducing recessions they have made budget deficits even worse, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:59:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/992c9faa-5f2f-11e2-be51-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 992c9faa-5f2f-11e2-be51-00144feab49a The decline of western dominance http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6e90348-5596-11e2-bdd2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The reversal towards an earlier norm has started. Developing countries now account for about half of total world output, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:31:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6e90348-5596-11e2-bdd2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e6e90348-5596-11e2-bdd2-00144feab49a A case remains for economic liberalism http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49235d2c-486f-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The philosophy seemed to be dealt a fatal blow by the financial crisis that began in 2007 but its basic tenets remain sound, says Samuel Brittan Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:25:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49235d2c-486f-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 49235d2c-486f-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a Stale debate holds back Britain’s recovery http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aaaff70c-3f97-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Partisan bickering could be avoided with a division into normal current expenditure, a capital budget and a stabilisation fund, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:46:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aaaff70c-3f97-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct aaaff70c-3f97-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0 Britain’s policy echoes Habsburg decline http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df98154a-33e8-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Recent indicators bring to mind the suggestion that conditions are hopeless but not desperate, or perhaps the other way around, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:48:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df98154a-33e8-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct df98154a-33e8-11e2-9ce7-00144feabdc0 A call to the west in its last-chance saloon http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/63e95d92-2a64-11e2-a137-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Niall Ferguson has a refreshing perspective on the economic decline of advanced countries and the origins of the financial crisis, says Samuel Brittan Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:45:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/63e95d92-2a64-11e2-a137-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 63e95d92-2a64-11e2-a137-00144feabdc0 America must be doing something right http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f744a9e-2996-11e2-a5ca-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The economic situation requires leadership, but not ‘international co-ordination’. Europe and the UK could learn from the US, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:22:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9f744a9e-2996-11e2-a5ca-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9f744a9e-2996-11e2-a5ca-00144feabdc0 Explanation for Britain’s economic puzzle http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d9174de-1d23-11e2-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The question is why employment has held up reasonably well when output remains 3 per cent below the 2008 peak, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:44:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d9174de-1d23-11e2-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3d9174de-1d23-11e2-869b-00144feabdc0 The harmful myth of the balanced budget http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ad55ea0-12e2-11e2-aa9c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The common sense approach is not what it seems when it holds out the prospect of perpetual austerity, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:04:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ad55ea0-12e2-11e2-aa9c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2ad55ea0-12e2-11e2-aa9c-00144feabdc0 A liberal case for scepticism of the EU http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ab63528-0730-11e2-92b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The language of intolerance and authoritarianism can be heard when anyone dares to question what is orthodox in Brussels, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:34:39 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ab63528-0730-11e2-92b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3ab63528-0730-11e2-92b5-00144feabdc0 The Lib Dems need to be more liberal http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd060768-fc28-11e1-aef9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If the junior coalition party wants to move beyond pavement politics, left libertarianism seems the right way to go, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:02:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd060768-fc28-11e1-aef9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_samuel-brittan%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct cd060768-fc28-11e1-aef9-00144feabdc0