Financial Times Comment 6/22

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Time for common sense on Greece

The question is not whether the country will default but whether a default would be enough to return the economy to reasonable health, writes Martin Wolf http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/KEYQF5/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22

Latin lessons for a eurozone recovery

Time and a cheap currency were the pillars of Argentina’s recovery. The former can still work to Europe’s benefit, writes Alfonso Prat-Gay http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/HDXYS7/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22

When Assad was fêted at Richard III . . .

For years Syrians have indulged the regime’s narrative but now their message is clear: the show is over and it is time to go, writes Roheet Shah http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/QFJNLK/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22

How not to measure a business

Banks’ macho pursuit of rates of return led not to efficient companies but to the near collapse of the global financial system, writes John Kay http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/V1PL89/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22

Grizzled and grimy tribute to freedom

Two notable campaigners died this week: one a courageous campaigner against Soviet repression, the other a grizzled protester against the Iraq and Afghan wars, writes Robert Shrimsley http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/YHLB03/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22

Greece plays the ethical blame game

Too few politicians explained that with European levels of prosperity should come European habits, such as not viewing tax as a life choice http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/WLUT6I/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22

Japan keeps its cool with innovations

The electricity crisis has demonstrated that Japan is well-placed both to pioneer new ways to conserve power and develop renewable energy http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/QNRIYQ/TP3TEW/UURZ47/HDXYSV/SN/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=22