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, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:50 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:44:13 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 Why the world economy still splutters away http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f67c57a-5311-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 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/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 6e400ed2-ef67-11e0-bc88-00144feab49a Use the UK’s state bank holdings to speed a recovery http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74258ef0-e3a8-11e0-bd3d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product What we need is a Treasury directive to the three state-owned banks telling them to replace profit maximisation with a requirement to promote economic recovery, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:26:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74258ef0-e3a8-11e0-bd3d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 74258ef0-e3a8-11e0-bd3d-00144feabdc0 Where an Augustinian fiscal policy falls short http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48d93ca0-d959-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product It is time to take the bull by the horns and say that fiscal policy should aim to balance the economy and not just the budget, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:23:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48d93ca0-d959-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 48d93ca0-d959-11e0-884e-00144feabdc0 Mistaken Marxist moments http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8779690c-ce60-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product If capitalism’s only flaw is insufficient mass purchasing power then the remedy is Friedman’s helicopter drop of money, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:51:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8779690c-ce60-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 8779690c-ce60-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0 First of all do no harm, then start thinking http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31819e78-c363-11e0-b163-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product The Fed’s undertaking to hold rates until the middle of 2013 seems a pretty cack-handed way of reining them back , writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:54:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31819e78-c363-11e0-b163-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 31819e78-c363-11e0-b163-00144feabdc0 The euro is still far from out of danger http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ee4ebbe-b947-11e0-b6bb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product After the latest Greek rescue, the chances of a federal solution are much higher – but muddling through is still in the lead, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:41:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ee4ebbe-b947-11e0-b6bb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 7ee4ebbe-b947-11e0-b6bb-00144feabdc0 It is time for Britain’s economy to buck up http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4fd66bda-a8c7-11e0-b877-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product Since the 1970s, the UK has caught up with its trading partners, even as academics made ‘British declinism’ an industry, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:23:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4fd66bda-a8c7-11e0-b877-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 4fd66bda-a8c7-11e0-b877-00144feabdc0 Economics of Good and Evil http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7e0a54e8-9c2f-11e0-acbc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product Tomas Sedlacek navigates through four millennia of economic thought from the perspective of various cultures, says Samuel Brittan Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:02:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7e0a54e8-9c2f-11e0-acbc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 7e0a54e8-9c2f-11e0-acbc-00144feabdc0 Greece’s euro exit can now only be a matter of time http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7b2c9b0-9dc9-11e0-b30c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product A Greek debt default, however it is disguised, is a foregone conclusion but of more interest is the fate of the euro, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:36:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7b2c9b0-9dc9-11e0-b30c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product f7b2c9b0-9dc9-11e0-b30c-00144feabdc0 Good servants can make bad masters http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12b99dac-92c5-11e0-bd88-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product The free movement of artificial electronic money across frontiers is not on a par with that of goods and services, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:46:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12b99dac-92c5-11e0-bd88-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_samuel-brittan/feed//product 12b99dac-92c5-11e0-bd88-00144feab49a