http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/samuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/samuelbrittanFT.com - Samuel Brittanen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "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.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:13:19 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:01:00 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/samuelbrittan(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/66e41076-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66e41076-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlThe hole in the world economy can only be filled by deficit spending by the stronger western governments. If this is inhibited by fiscal tightening, recovery will be strangled, writes.Samuel Brittan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:13:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/dd738ea6-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/dd738ea6-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlJohn Kampfner studies the US, Italy, Russia, China and India as he attacks the thesis that capitalism leads to personal and political freedom, writes Samuel Brittan Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:24:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/63acebca-c4df-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63acebca-c4df-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlThe latest IMF World Economic Outlook points out that much of the loss of output in a severe recession is permanent, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:15:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/777b3940-b9cc-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/777b3940-b9cc-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlIn dollar terms the sums seemed huge. In relative terms they are less frightening. At their 2008 peak, on IMF estimates, global imbalances amounted to 2½ per cent of world gross national product, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:25:34 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4679c2be-aed0-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4679c2be-aed0-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlIn the early Victorian period the debt ratio was nearly 200 per cent and almost reached that level again in the early 1920s, notes Samuel Brittan Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:24:52 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/85e294c4-a3d3-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85e294c4-a3d3-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.htmlPoliticians and officials in emerging economies are estimated to receive bribes of between $20bn and $40bn annually, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:56:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/36fd5696-98b1-11de-aa1b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36fd5696-98b1-11de-aa1b-00144feabdc0.htmlIt is worth removing specific injustices on a piecemeal basis even if it is impossible to construct a perfectly just society or even agree on what such a society would look like, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:45:25 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a053a56-8de2-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a053a56-8de2-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.htmlSamuel Brittan on two books that search the famous economist's doctrines for hints on how to tackle the biggest threat to capitalism since the Great DepressionSat, 22 Aug 2009 01:43:45 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2e894ca-837a-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2e894ca-837a-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.htmlThe main reason it is so difficult to reform the law is that those on the fundamentalist side will be prepared to base their votes on this issue, while humanist utilitarians will see it as only one of many issues, writes Samuel Brittan Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:26:49 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b67c3f60-82a2-11de-ab4a-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b67c3f60-82a2-11de-ab4a-00144feabdc0.htmlWhat matters is whether economists can identify significant turning points and systemic failures in good time. They cannot, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:17:16 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a61b04f2-77bd-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a61b04f2-77bd-11de-9713-00144feabdc0.htmlThere is now more danger of economic stimuli being reversed too soon than of their being continued too long, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:32:31 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/62c3c09a-6caa-11de-a6e6-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62c3c09a-6caa-11de-a6e6-00144feabdc0.htmlAttempts to make sense of the financial crisis often lead to even more confusion, writes Samuel Brittan. Here is an attempt to outline the main issuesThu, 9 Jul 2009 18:15:02 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d876624-61b3-11de-9e03-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d876624-61b3-11de-9e03-00144feabdc0.htmlIt is highly likely that we will have before long a quarter or two of stable output. The interesting question is where we go from there, says Samuel Brittan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:32:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/07861a66-56b1-11de-9a1c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Fsamuelbrittanhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07861a66-56b1-11de-9a1c-00144feabdc0.htmlThe best proposal would be to call a halt to further institutional deepening and make the existing union work better, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:58:33 +0100