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The importance of being British
David Cameron asked a vital question in his weekend speech on multiculturalism: how to confront the danger of violent Islamic extremism in our midst
Spreading a flawed gospel for Europe
The pact for competitivenes is Germany’s price for displaying a readiness to be the eurozone’s financial guarantor. But it smacks too much of a German attempt to recast the eurozone in its image
Cameron’s costly migration policy
International student numbers are still increasing rapidly. Britain should not lose its chance to pursue the best brains, regardless of nationality
A European date with Arab history
EU governments’ call for a quick, decisive but orderly transition of power in Egypt and their readiness to help in preparing free elections are positive signs
Getting caught on a commodity spike
Although deflation is usually seen as the more perilous threat to western economies, it is a worry that inflation may roar back because of soaring commodity prices
Forest proposals lost in the woods
The motivation behind the government’s plans to privatise England’s forests is basically fiscal but the savings to be made are marginal in the context of the coalition’s overall plans to cut the deficit
Fantasy football
The British public has been complaining about the return of large bankers’ bonuses, but the football transfer window, where £225m changed hands in January, is a reminder of another industry where the laws of economics seem to have been suspended
Small earthquake in Brazil’s Planalto
One month after moving into the presidential office Dilma Rousseff deserves credit for a promising start
France’s love of balanced budgets
It is a measure of how eager Paris is to tackle the eurozone’s debt crisis in concert with Germany that the government appears willing to challenge long-standing national habits
The chancellor and the case for plan B
UK chancellor George Osborne needs to be flexible about his deficit-cutting plan, as in warfare, so in economics, policymakers must distinguish strategy from tactics