With the US in convulsions over healthcare, Barack Obama devoted his regular weekend broadcast to a different subject: financial reform. It was a surprising choice, but give the president credit for recognising the importance of the issue.
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I have been the FT's Washington columnist since April 2007. I moved from Britain to the US in 2005 to write for the Atlantic Monthly and the National Journal after 20 years working at the Economist, most recently as deputy editor. I write mainly about the intersection of politics and economics.
