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Public must see how Basel is trading their safety
From Dr John Pattison. Sir, The comments from Stefan Ingves (‘Watchdog to retreat from strict capital rules’, September 30) raise many important issues
Turkey is heading east even as its middle class faces west
From Mr Robert Ellis. Sir, David Gardner claims that since the Gezi Park protests in June, Turkey has never been more European
Press reforms will not allow politicians to interfere
From Prof Steven Barnett. Sir, In your report on the Daily Mail’s intemperate attack on Ed Miliband’s father, your first line explicitly links the row with the proposed independent system of press regulation
Improving Chinese visitor numbers
From Mr Andrew Murphy. Sir, The UK China Visa Alliance warmly welcomes the home secretary’s suggestions to streamline the visa system for Chinese visitors to the UK
No monopoly on change for better
From Ms Elizabeth Forbes. Sir, I am totally bemused. My electricity price from Scottish Power is frozen from June 1 2013 to March 31 2015, which looks to me like 22 months
Centrica is no exception to UK under-investment
From Mr Martin E Simons. Sir, One could challenge the Lex article ‘Minimising utility’ of September 26
Wealthy but unable to spend anything
From Mr Jim Pimpernell. Sir, In a country that has increased its wealth substantially over many years, it saddens me how often I read that we can ‘no longer afford’ some service or other social benefit
A drastic solution – but needs must?
From Mr Peter Simpson. Sir, Reading SG Gwynne’s excellent book Empire of the Summer Moon, I was struck with the relevance to current events in Washington
If only life would imitate art
From Mr Douglas Smith. Sir, Your stunning front-page photo of the US Capitol silhouetted against a fiery sunset immediately brought to mind Götterdämmerung
Neither method of recovery was what Keynes had in mind
From Mr James B Quilligan. Sir, Bachu S Biswas claims that Björn Wahlroos mixed ‘ideology and economic theory’ in his interview that critiqued JM Keynes’s General Theory of Employment
Latest fad may not lead to a long life
From Mr Mark Osborne. Sir, Your report on the current enthusiasm for the so-called ‘Paleo’ diet in Silicon Valley makes for amusing reading
In Italy we like to call our crises ‘politics as usual’
From Mr Raffaele Abbate. Sir, As a child growing up in Italy, one of the first words I learned, associated with government and politics, was ‘crises’
Lost decades of aerospace development
From Mr Matt Andersson. Sir, John Kay’s observation that the 747 he recently flew on is little changed from nearly 40 years ago, is largely correct
Francis promises something more colourful than ‘glasnost’
From Ms Kathleen Heck. Sir, David Gardner needs a better dictionary. Credibility and infallibility are not synonymous
Too painful? Elect different senators
From Prof Sumit Ganguly. Sir, The fiscal pain that the sequestration process has imposed on the denizens of Fort Campbell is, no doubt, substantia
Feed the chickens for some fresh air
From Ms Liz Hewitt. Sir, Page 7, October 1: an advertisement for ‘The most fabulous jewels in the world’
Reach of Keynes’ thinking deserves to be appreciated
From Mr Peter Clarke. Sir, It may well be that Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal contained many supply-side initiatives
The marketplace decides the price of potash, not Canpotex
From Mr Ted J Nieman. Sir, Your article contains an incorrect and misleading assertion about the existence of a Canadian cartel
Revolutionary alternative, not ‘capture’
From Prof John Ure. Sir, To take issue with Richard McGregor on the matter of Trotsky may seem arcane, but it is incorrect to suggest that the strategy of entering a social democrat party was to ‘capture’ them
Fragmented derivatives market may cut global risk
From Prof Nicholas Dorn. Sir, If ‘US rules are endangering derivatives reforms’ (report, September 27) then should we be worried or heartened?
Response to chain reactions begins with co-ordination
From Mr Frank Vogl. Sir, Gillian Tett cogently highlights six elements in her article (Insight, September 13) – permit me to add a seventh: the connectivity conundrum
America’s Cup should add to its gain with an annual series
From Mr David H Clarke. Sir, In ‘Winner takes all’ (editorial, September 27) you argue against the high costs of the America’s Cup campaigns
If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth ... crowing about?
From Mr Karl Treacy. Sir, As someone with no presence on any social networks, I am either recklessly stupid and destined for the dung heap, or a rebellious pioneer
Mugabe shows no willingness to receive western overtures
From Ms Alison Bethel McKenzie. Sir, Michael Holman suggests that the west should ‘set aside old scores and take a fresh look at Zimbabwe’
Formula One of sailing will upset many
From Mr Martin Falkner. Sir, Recent articles in the FT have criticised Larry Ellison for making the America’s Cup ‘insanely’ expensive
France and UK must learn how to wield soft power
From Mr Mian Qadrud-Din. Sir, It would appear Gérard Errera would have President Barack Obama invading Syria to reassure Europe of its ‘strategic’ value
Move urgently to revitalise the St Malo defence agreement
From Lord Robertson of Port Ellen. Sir, Gérard Errera is wise to remind at this crucial time of the historic agreement arrived at at St Malo by Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac
Unanswerable questions from a new FT reader
From Mr Joe Rooney. Sir, It was the wrong day for my wife to start reading the FT. She said: ‘Why is George Osborne taking legal action against the EU cap on bankers’ bonuses’
Components of New Deal mostly microeconomic
From Mr Simon Jaffé. Sir, Bachu Biswas writes that it is ‘factual’ that Roosevelt’s New Deal ‘injected massive amounts of government spending’
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