Financial Times - Comment 8/8

Financial Times - Comment

America can fix its inner workings

Less big vision and more humdrum pragmatism, preferably all round, would make Washington more effective, writes Clive Crook http://link.ft.com/r/TWK799/JE9SOL/8A25BP/5C63FZ/8ZZ0OI/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=8&a3=8

Mission impossible: stop another recession

The best bet is for those countries that have not lost market access – the US, UK, Japan, and Germany – to introduce new short-term fiscal stimulus while committing to medium-term fiscal austerity, writes Nouriel Roubini http://link.ft.com/r/TWK799/JE9SOL/8A25BP/5C63FZ/2OOHTW/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=8&a3=8

Time for the US to take decisive action

In terms of underlying servicing capacity, US Treasuries surely remain among the safest obligations in the world http://link.ft.com/r/TWK799/JE9SOL/8A25BP/5C63FZ/U11FR0/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=8&a3=8

US downgrade: a mere sideshow

Ignore the immediate market reaction to the first downgrade of US credit – there is bound to be a knee-jerk response http://link.ft.com/r/TWK799/JE9SOL/8A25BP/5C63FZ/8ZZ0OQ/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=8&a3=8

Israel’s streets of hope can reclaim nation

The only victory the social protest movement should strive for is one that delivers a fundamental change to the political system, writes Etgar Keret http://link.ft.com/r/TWK799/JE9SOL/8A25BP/5C63FZ/U11FRT/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=8&a3=8

Europe needs some flexible German thinking

Germany’s policymakers are badly prepared for the crisis management needed to cope with irrational global bond markets, writes Ralph Atkins http://link.ft.com/r/TWK799/JE9SOL/8A25BP/5C63FZ/5VV8GW/LE/h?a1=2011&a2=8&a3=8