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Politics, economics, high finance and morality – this blog addresses the issues being considered by the FT’s comment team, and their thoughts.
Lorien Kite is deputy comment editor, a post he took up in 2009 after four years as a commissioning editor on the analysis page. He joined the FT in 2000.
Ian Holdsworth became assistant features editor in 2009 and was previously chief production journalist for the features pages.
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From the FT’s comment section:
Martin Wolf: Give us fiscal austerity, but not quite yet
John Kay: Labour’s digital plan gets in the way of real progress
Robert Zoellick: Heed the danger of asset bubbles
John Coates: Alpha males must trade on more than machismo
Editorial Comment: UK’s House of Commons needs more teeth
Editorial Comment: Murdoch attempts to weaken Google
Editorial Comment: Philippine carnage
Notebook: Sue Cameron, Whitehall’s revenge for Iraq damage
Global Insight: Chrystia Freeland, The public shrugs at Goldman’s claims to genius
Market Insight: John Plender, Will rising debt trigger eurozone break-up?
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