http://www.ft.com/comment/editorialhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/editorialFT.com - Editorial commenten© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 15 May 2008 19:35 BSTThu, 15 May 2008 21:13:36 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/editorial(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/0/0929966c-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0929966c-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlA summit would not cause instant falls in prices, but an international response will achieve more than countries acting aloneThu, 15 May 2008 19:35 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0840430e-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0840430e-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlUK ministers should focus on ensuring that National Health Service patients have choice and that hospitals have financial incentives to improve careThu, 15 May 2008 19:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/074b3742-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/074b3742-22ab-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlIt may be true that bank regulators need a new set of teeth. But Germany's political class clearly has a thing about the awesome beast that is capitalismThu, 15 May 2008 19:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98c0299e-21e3-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98c0299e-21e3-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlEven though a majority of its citizens back a two-states solution, the country appears politically incapable of producing leaders who can close the dealWed, 14 May 2008 19:48 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0aef049a-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0aef049a-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlThe embers of indiscipline and rebellion are still smouldering in the UK Labour party. It will not take much to set them ablaze againWed, 14 May 2008 19:37 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce01e040-21d7-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce01e040-21d7-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlCentral banks must revisit their response to bubbles – and the possibility of using regulation, not monetary policy, to target themWed, 14 May 2008 19:28 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/58731b44-2120-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/58731b44-2120-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlAlistair Darling's plan to put up personal allowances makes sense as policy, but climbdowns have left the government's fiscal credibility in tattersTue, 13 May 2008 20:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/762d76c6-211f-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/762d76c6-211f-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlA period of poor growth at the same time as high inflation will hurt: but it is better than a plunge off the tightrope to either sideTue, 13 May 2008 20:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25c5c630-211e-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25c5c630-211e-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlGoogle's dominance has been based on offering the best product. Its rivals had better start offering a credible alternativeTue, 13 May 2008 19:59 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f447a10-211d-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f447a10-211d-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlBeijing appears to have learnt from past mistakes. It should push Burma, its recalcitrant neighbour, to be as open as it has beenTue, 13 May 2008 19:54 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76df89f2-2051-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76df89f2-2051-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlThere is a risk powerful nations will use aggressive foreign policies to secure food supplies and exclude competitors, but it has not arrived yetMon, 12 May 2008 19:51 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75d6040a-2051-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75d6040a-2051-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlThe Blair years have escaped proper scrutiny in memoirs. But there are questions relating to the Iraq war that deserve scrutiny nowMon, 12 May 2008 19:48 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74ff672e-2051-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74ff672e-2051-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlAssuming a pro-western coalition can be formed, it must maintain the positive momentum generated by the polls through EU-oriented reformsMon, 12 May 2008 19:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dabbbb0-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4dabbbb0-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlInnovative and modernised postal services would greatly benefit the UK economy. We will not achieve them without radical changeSun, 11 May 2008 19:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e66250e-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e66250e-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlDo not underestimate the Japan-China rapprochement. It will be hard for either country to return to the fruitless hostility of the Koizumi eraSun, 11 May 2008 19:09 BST