http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/wolfgangmunchauhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/wolfgangmunchauFT.com - Wolfgang Munchauen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSun, 11 May 2008 18:44 BSTTue, 13 May 2008 02:30:20 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/wolfgangmunchau(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf6b6448-1f56-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf6b6448-1f56-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlInstitutions matter. They create their own agendas. Nobody knows this better than the Commission itself, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 11 May 2008 18:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffc7e0e8-19df-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffc7e0e8-19df-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlWithout an improvement in productivity growth, I cannot see how Italy can prosper in the eurozone or reduce its public debt, says Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 4 May 2008 16:53 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef6f6a22-1480-11dd-a741-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef6f6a22-1480-11dd-a741-0000779fd2ac.htmlBeware multiple crises could easily return like a bloodstained villain in a horror movie who rises to fight his last battle, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:46 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca140e08-0ef0-11dd-9646-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca140e08-0ef0-11dd-9646-0000779fd2ac.htmlSince poorer people spend a higher proportion of income on food and petrol than the middle-classes, the inflation rise hits them hard, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:17 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b063c6a-096a-11dd-81bf-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b063c6a-096a-11dd-81bf-0000779fd2ac.htmlMaybe we are now living in a world where the US is catching a cold and the Europeans are sneezing, says Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:11 BST