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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:36:44 GMT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:11 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/sebastian-mallaby Sebastian Mallaby - Financial Times http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/sebastian-mallaby American industry is on the move http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6709cc5c-58ed-11e2-b59d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct US groups are using ‘big data’ to improve their performance, setting the scene for a revival, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:36:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6709cc5c-58ed-11e2-b59d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6709cc5c-58ed-11e2-b59d-00144feab49a Africa is hooked on growth http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97847a40-4866-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The shift of economic structure is not a continent-wide story. But the best managed African countries are pulling it off, says Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:58:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97847a40-4866-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 97847a40-4866-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a Bernanke – the rebel with a cause http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d4e2e62-4866-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Fed chairman’s move to target lower unemployment even if that means temporary inflation is genuinely radical, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:56:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d4e2e62-4866-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4d4e2e62-4866-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a Japan should scare the eurozone http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d447376a-4389-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Europe risks replicating Japan’s two lost decades, but without the social and political cohesion of the Asian country, says Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:39:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d447376a-4389-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d447376a-4389-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0 Beware membership of this elite club http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51058960-3d44-11e2-b8b2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Brics countries deserve plaudits for their macroeconomic resilience but the business climate leaves much to be desired, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:20:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51058960-3d44-11e2-b8b2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 51058960-3d44-11e2-b8b2-00144feabdc0 Obama must do more than raise taxes http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07b28d4e-3885-11e2-981c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The president should aim for true fiscal stability, even if achieving it requires confronting fellow Democrats, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:34:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07b28d4e-3885-11e2-981c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 07b28d4e-3885-11e2-981c-00144feabdc0 Spain is in need of urgent repair http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb8dbf2e-3277-11e2-916a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The need for debt restructuring is painfully clear, and with one in four workers jobless, urgent action must be taken, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:01:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb8dbf2e-3277-11e2-916a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fb8dbf2e-3277-11e2-916a-00144feabdc0 Europe is messing up Merkel’s union http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/890454b6-2cd9-11e2-9211-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Consider the anger of Americans and Britons about bailouts for bankers. Now imagine their anger if the bankers were foreign, says Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:29:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/890454b6-2cd9-11e2-9211-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 890454b6-2cd9-11e2-9211-00144feabdc0 Economics must heed political risk http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73e2e428-2804-11e2-afd2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The answers to today’s global questions are far more consequential than fine adjustments to housing or export data forecasts, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:50:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73e2e428-2804-11e2-afd2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 73e2e428-2804-11e2-afd2-00144feabdc0 Regulators should keep it simple http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/697e5ad4-f5ec-11e1-a6c2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If policy makers in the 1930s could glimpse half the GDP elephant, their descendants may see a smaller proportion, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:49:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/697e5ad4-f5ec-11e1-a6c2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 697e5ad4-f5ec-11e1-a6c2-00144feabdc0 American law is patent nonsense http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ea9503c2-f0f9-11e1-89b2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Technology groups are preventing rivals from using yesterday’s inventions to create tomorrow’s improved ones, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:59:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ea9503c2-f0f9-11e1-89b2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ea9503c2-f0f9-11e1-89b2-00144feabdc0 The US labour market doesn’t work http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08d1eeae-ead3-11e1-984b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The truth is that US stick and carrot arrangements, which worked brilliantly for a generation, are no longer adequate, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:56:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08d1eeae-ead3-11e1-984b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 08d1eeae-ead3-11e1-984b-00144feab49a Why I work on my summer holiday http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab0a9f04-e538-11e1-8ac0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If we could control our work addiction, we would have time for higher things. Workaholism is a matter of perspective, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:41:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab0a9f04-e538-11e1-8ac0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ab0a9f04-e538-11e1-8ac0-00144feab49a This will not be enough, Mr Draghi http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3504ed0-dfcb-11e1-9bb7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The ECB has not shaken off its schizophrenia: it is bold when providing crisis loans to banks, less so when supporting sovereigns, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:01:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3504ed0-dfcb-11e1-9bb7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e3504ed0-dfcb-11e1-9bb7-00144feab49a Finance must escape the shadows http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7cfe3444-da35-11e1-b03b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Shadow-bank reform has remained, well, shadowy because nobody wants to grapple with what money really is, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:39:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7cfe3444-da35-11e1-b03b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7cfe3444-da35-11e1-b03b-00144feab49a Show some real audacity at the Fed http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72845f10-d4d2-11e1-bb88-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The familiar tools of stimulus seem unlikely to work. The way forward would be to come up with new tools, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:15:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/72845f10-d4d2-11e1-bb88-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 72845f10-d4d2-11e1-bb88-00144feabdc0 Breaking up banks will win investor approval http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db154ff6-cf4d-11e1-a1ae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In contrast to bondholders, shareholders see banking behemoths as scarily complex, not comfortingly protected, writes Sebastian Mallaby Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:08:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db154ff6-cf4d-11e1-a1ae-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct db154ff6-cf4d-11e1-a1ae-00144feabdc0 Sombre Spanish lessons on fighting credit bubbles http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2d944f8-b572-11e1-ab92-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Regulatory intervention will always face political resistance and will seldom be pursued vigorously enough to avert a bubble, writes Sebastian Mallaby Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:35:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2d944f8-b572-11e1-ab92-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e2d944f8-b572-11e1-ab92-00144feabdc0 Mr Obama, stop the attack on private equity http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4724d5c0-a368-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Bain Capital provided a transfusion of $100m to update a steel plant’s machinery – it was a blood bank, not a vampire, writes Sebastian Mallaby Thu, 24 May 2012 18:56:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4724d5c0-a368-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4724d5c0-a368-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0 Forget euro woes – brace for taxmageddon http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/027aa74a-8ec0-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A recent investment bank conference call ended advising clients to ‘buy volatility’. Translation: be very scared, writes Sebastian Mallaby Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:21:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/027aa74a-8ec0-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_sebastian-mallaby%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 027aa74a-8ec0-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a