Financial Times Commentary 5/22

Financial Times - Comment

The climate sceptics have already won

The real and present dangers are shoved to one side because they are simply too uncomfortable to confront http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/A518BZ/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

Prosecutors should not cut deals

A practice that amounts to little more than a convenience for the legal establishment does society a grave injustice http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/MJ24M9/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

Cameron is no longer a winner

Activists selected him in 2005 over a rival because they thought he would end their electoral losing streak. But they are regretting their choice http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/MJ247Y/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

Abenomics will cause regional damage

China, Taiwan and South Korea are all facing the problem of currency appreciation. The falling yen is salt rubbed into their wounds http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/T1WEYT/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

Tax probes not Apple’s biggest worry

The tech group’s main problems are slowing growth in iPhone sales and shrinking margins across its line-up. But it has rebooted before http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/7Z3H1C/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

How more money can be bad for you

The richer Santeguinos get, the more time they spend in traffic and breathe in lead-grey colour air, writes Martin Sandbu http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/YGIRSO/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

Central bankers turn deaf ear to warnings

Despite poor progress on reducing big deficits and debt, the yields on US and UK government bonds fell and their currencies appreciated. But price moves in markets now show a different story http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/YGIRSG/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

China’s banks face no-win situation

Given the continued downgrading of Chinese prospects, there may well be worse to come http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/RP5YK3/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22

Hollande sticks to his reform agenda

French president declares reform will proceed at his pace, despite calls from business leaders for faster change for the underperforming economy http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/OFOCEY/LQER5V/WTPB7N/VTK9I3/36/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22