Comment: Austerity loses an article of faith, Sovereign Scots...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/9ULF66/YGY540/WUMBS3/BMPIW9/   Comment Wednesday April 24 2013 Financial Times - Comment   Austerity loses an article of faith Reinhart and Rogoff argued that growth slows sharply when the debt ratio exceeds 90 per cent of output – but the UK defied this, writes Martin Wolf http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/VTXZSC/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   Sovereign Scots may have to drop sterling If I represented the Scottish government I would try to secure a monetary union with the rest of the UK but expect to fail, writes John Kay http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/Q370Y8/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   Italy must prepare for elections, and fast In a country where a comedian presents a serious threat, the message of protest must be heard and acted upon, writes Bill Emmott http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/K90H5L/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   China support for North Korea is rational A united Korea would be nationalist, have 70m citizens, low labour costs, a strong economy and nuclear weapons, writes Timothy Beardson http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/SU5VEV/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   On Boston and the right to bear arms The marathon bomb outrage should give those senators who blocked a modest attempt at gun control pause for thought, writes Matthew Garrahan http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/RPMCIZ/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   Global banking and regulation already fractured Retort by Michel Barnier, EU commissioner for financial services, to US plans to force foreign banks to hold more capital in US units sounds bellicose http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/9MPS8R/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   Distress spreads in South Korea A weak yen is one of the many challenges facing many South Korean companies amid shrinking global demand and growing worries about the banking system http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/1OQXP7/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   Frigide takes heat off Hollande in gay Paree In government circles, there is grim satisfaction that recent demonstrations have been prompted by gay marriage legislation, not by economic issues http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/GYPTU0/TPM8L0/5VGB1S/Q370YT/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=24   Financial Times - Editorial Mining accidents US cannot pay for Europe's capital sin Scotland's future Chinese classes A Kosovo accord Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..