http://www.ft.com/comment/opinionhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/opinionFT.com - Opinionen© 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, 3 Dec 2009 22:02:13 +0000Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:52:43 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/opinion(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/fdee214c-e044-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdee214c-e044-11de-8494-00144feab49a.htmlIt would be a mistake to underestimate American influence, after having grossly overestimated it for so long. An even greater mistake would be to conclude that the US has abandoned its bid to remain master of the game, writes Zaki Laïdi Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:02:13 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/00fe4682-e045-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00fe4682-e045-11de-8494-00144feab49a.htmlThe lesson from the recession of the past year is that investing to prevent long-term unemployment is not just socially just, it reduces the deficit. So as the recovery starts, this approach should be extended, write James Purnell and Graeme Cooke Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:53:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb5f5518-e044-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb5f5518-e044-11de-8494-00144feab49a.htmlThe Montreal Protocol protecting the ozone layer is already restricting trade with non-participants. To repeat this success, signatories should become favoured trading partners, writes Bård Harstad Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:28:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcd5ec18-e044-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcd5ec18-e044-11de-8494-00144feab49a.htmlEnvironmental ideology is becoming a theology, writes Mike Moore. This new religion needs to face a sceptical media ready to who hold them to account and expose their flaws and contradictionsThu, 3 Dec 2009 20:21:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/272a4302-df77-11de-98ca-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/272a4302-df77-11de-98ca-00144feab49a.htmlFurther countries, including the US, may be compelled to emulate the UK Financial Services Authority standard, making it global, writes José Maria Brandão de Brito Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:07:31 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/34cd41e4-df77-11de-98ca-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/34cd41e4-df77-11de-98ca-00144feab49a.htmlLimited purpose banks would process securities and sell them to mutual funds. They would not be permitted to borrow to invest, write Niall Ferguson and Laurence Kotlikoff Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:00:59 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c4659c8-df7a-11de-98ca-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c4659c8-df7a-11de-98ca-00144feab49a.htmlThe Audit Commission has already identified the extent to which savings are possible without damage to education, writes Steve Bundred Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:58:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/90e591e8-ddd8-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90e591e8-ddd8-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.htmlAt the direction of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, AIG quietly gave $62bn to pay in full the claims of Goldman Sachs, Barclays and other large investors. Why did US taxpayers pay so much, asks Robert Pozen Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:28:40 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/24fcf854-dea0-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/24fcf854-dea0-11de-adff-00144feab49a.htmlThe international community has put strong emphasis on building the capacity for Afghans to take informed decisions. There has been much less focus on actually helping the Afghans get things done, writes Bjorn Brandtzaeg Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:18:12 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bec7c18-dead-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bec7c18-dead-11de-adff-00144feab49a.htmlMany commentators have written off what Britain's digital economy bill has to say about the regulation of the commercial public service broadcasters. They have got it badly wrong, writes Michael Grade Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:36:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a9e6cf0-dead-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a9e6cf0-dead-11de-adff-00144feab49a.htmlSo far, Tehran has shown little willingness to compromise. But there is a chance its key decision-makers and constituencies could come around, writes Clifford Kupchan Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:31:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/24b5c0c6-dead-11de-adff-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/24b5c0c6-dead-11de-adff-00144feab49a.htmlAs more countries adjust their currencies, the US and eurozone are suffering, writes Michael Pettis. Restrictions on imports appear almost inevitable as a response – repeating the errors of the 1930sTue, 1 Dec 2009 20:22:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/86584d48-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86584d48-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.htmlOther countries have gone through the same cycle and emerged in a better condition. Dubai now has a chance to emerge leaner, meaner and better, writes Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:03:11 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/821ee3f4-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/821ee3f4-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.htmlThe inquiry under way into Iraq should be set up differently, should have started earlier and, crucially, should address the legality of the war, writes Johan Steyn Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:56:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ae76ab0-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fopinionhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ae76ab0-dde6-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.htmlDespite hosting the most expensive UN mission ever undertaken in Africa, Congo is no closer today to stability, and the continent as a whole will remain hobbled until the wounded giant at its heart begins to heal. Congo has the resources to engineer its own recovery. But with global complicity, these are harnessed instead to finance its demise, writes William Wallis Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:45:47 +0000