Comment: Europe, sterling and Thatcher’s handbag, Britain sho...

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/2SRI11/SUMEE0/X15GJP/XTXCGA/   Comment Friday April 12 2013 Financial Times - Comment   Europe, sterling and Thatcher's handbag The troubled relationship with the EU wrote the Iron Lady's political obituary – and the fact that power had turned her head, writes Philip Stephens http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/LS0WFW/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Britain should not go back to the future Thatcher's economic legacy is a huge financial centre, weak manufacturing, rising inequality and low investment, writes Martin Wolf http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/6ARBM1/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Heir exposes hollow at heart of Chavismo Venezuela's acting president Nicolás Maduro is trying really hard to be Chávez – and it is not working, writes Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/CW1CD7/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Tackling graft should be China's priority To transform so corrupt a system from top to bottom would make cleansing the Augean stables simplicity itself, writes Roderick MacFarquhar http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/4VSTZL/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   The day old-style conservatism died You have to be pretty old to remember when the American rightwing had the gravitas of the Thatcher-Reagan years, writes Gary Silverman http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/IE8MSW/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Market Insight: Japan should heed lessons of Volcker's war The battle that ex-US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker fought 35 years ago left him keenly aware of how limited central bank powers really are http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/HIG795/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Global Insight: Another Kenyatta outsmarts the west The new president, a scion of the independence movement, is proving deft at international politics even with a charge of crimes against humanity against him http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/K9O4FE/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Hungary a nightmare for foreign groups Viktor Orbán's corporate sparring may boost his popularity for now, but at a steep long-term cost to Hungary's investment image and economic outlook http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/OFGM5F/HDBRE3/30H4N4/FDHAEV/SN/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=12   Financial Times - Editorial Lamy's cri de coeur for world trade Another heave on Middle East peace The retreat of the welfare state Balancing Britain Keeping China's fragilities in check 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..