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11:32pm

Allow the middle class to fuel America’s recovery

From Mr Louis Golino. Sir, I am not nearly as optimistic about the prospects for resolving the fiscal cliff as Roger Altman is

11:32pm

Imbalance of taxation weighs heavily on citizens

From Mr Paul Sweeney. Sir, The article advocating the abolition of corporation tax – by Michael Devereux of Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation – is misguided

11:32pm

Unable to compete for content – in BT’s parallel world

From Mr Graham McWilliam. Sir, I refer to Ian Livingston’s article, ‘Government needs to ensure regulation keeps up with change’

11:31pm

No prospect of shaking the UK out of its slumbers

From Mr Reg Green. Sir, As a British citizen resident in Belgium for more than 25 years, I can only agree with Graham Watson and Gerry Grimstone

11:31pm

Yes, Lord Stevenson got it wrong – but that is not a crime

From Mr Brett Miller. Sir, I was disappointed to read that Lombard is jumping on the bandwagon to criticise Dennis Stevenson

11:30pm

Cost-benefit study only first step in post-Fukushima Japan

From Ms Mika Tobe. Sir, Michiyo Nakamoto reports the two confronting views regarding the Japanese energy path after Fukushima

11:30pm

Far more than an overpayment

From Mr Stephen Lowe. Sir, Jonathan Ford’s criticism of Hewlett-Packard’s ‘meta-management’ is well made

11:29pm

Military aware of synthetics’ danger

From Mr Max White. Sir, Andy Caughey says the burns suffered by those wearing synthetic clothing during the Iraq war were the basis for his company’s recently won garment order

11:29pm

Lone Star state extends a welcome

From Dr Bernard L. Weinstein. Sir, Governor Jerry Brown of California may claim the recently enacted tax increases in his state won’t spur a new wave of out-migration

11:29pm

Italian democrats are not all ready for the leap forward

From Mr Sebastiano Rizzo. Sir, While the world was not watching, Italy has had a chance to upgrade to Italy 2.0

Dec 4, 2012

A greater force even than the markets

From Mr Niall McManus. Sir, In the hope of bringing Roger Altman closer to the ground – gravity is the most powerful force on earth

Dec 4, 2012

Alas, the world has moved on since Keynes’ day

From Lord Desai. Sir, Robert Skidelsky returns to the contrast between the Treasury’s and Keynes’ views of the world

Dec 4, 2012

Nor does the banking system work as it did before the war

From Sir Adam Ridley. Sir, Robert Skidelsky’s attack on the government’s economic policy is fundamentally mistaken in treating today’s banking system as if it worked as it did before the war

Dec 4, 2012

Capital controls promise only slender benefits

From Prof Michael Kuczynski. Sir, Two cheers for the International Monetary Fund’s readmission of capital controls to the toolbox of appropriate macromanagement instruments

Dec 4, 2012

UK media have followed their own agenda on EU

From Sir Graham Watson MEP. Sir, The Leveson report makes some interesting reading on British reporting on ‘Europe’

Dec 4, 2012

Debt is business – hence interest rates

From Mr David Tuckwell. Sir, I read with interest Paul Levy’s letter on Argentine debt

Dec 4, 2012

Indonesia neutral party in dispute

From Mr Billy Wibisono. Sir, I would like to draw your attention to the report ‘Manila attacks Beijing over maritime police expansion’

Dec 4, 2012

E1 plan is no bar to two-state solution

From Mr Randhir Singh Bains. Sir, It is true that building settlements on E1 would make the northern and southern parts of the West Bank non-contiguous

Dec 4, 2012

Totnes – you couldn’t make it up

From Mr Tony Golding. Sir, In regard to Totnes and its rejection of Costa Coffee: readers of this paper should be aware that Totnes is, in every sense, a ‘one-off’ place

Dec 4, 2012

Morals and ethics have nothing to do with paying taxes

From Mr Stephen Porter. Sir, The duty to pay corporation tax on profits should never be a moral or ethical one

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Highlights

From Mr Louis Golino. Sir, I am not nearly as optimistic about the prospects for resolving the fiscal cliff as Roger Altman is

From Mr Paul Sweeney. Sir, The article advocating the abolition of corporation tax – by Michael Devereux of Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation – is misguided

From Mr Graham McWilliam. Sir, I refer to Ian Livingston’s article, ‘Government needs to ensure regulation keeps up with change’

From Mr Reg Green. Sir, As a British citizen resident in Belgium for more than 25 years, I can only agree with Graham Watson and Gerry Grimstone

From Mr Brett Miller. Sir, I was disappointed to read that Lombard is jumping on the bandwagon to criticise Dennis Stevenson

From Ms Mika Tobe. Sir, Michiyo Nakamoto reports the two confronting views regarding the Japanese energy path after Fukushima

From Mr Stephen Lowe. Sir, Jonathan Ford’s criticism of Hewlett-Packard’s ‘meta-management’ is well made

From Mr Max White. Sir, Andy Caughey says the burns suffered by those wearing synthetic clothing during the Iraq war were the basis for his company’s recently won garment order

From Dr Bernard L. Weinstein. Sir, Governor Jerry Brown of California may claim the recently enacted tax increases in his state won’t spur a new wave of out-migration

From Mr Sebastiano Rizzo. Sir, While the world was not watching, Italy has had a chance to upgrade to Italy 2.0

From Mr Niall McManus. Sir, In the hope of bringing Roger Altman closer to the ground – gravity is the most powerful force on earth

From Lord Desai. Sir, Robert Skidelsky returns to the contrast between the Treasury’s and Keynes’ views of the world

From Sir Adam Ridley. Sir, Robert Skidelsky’s attack on the government’s economic policy is fundamentally mistaken in treating today’s banking system as if it worked as it did before the war

From Prof Michael Kuczynski. Sir, Two cheers for the International Monetary Fund’s readmission of capital controls to the toolbox of appropriate macromanagement instruments

From Sir Graham Watson MEP. Sir, The Leveson report makes some interesting reading on British reporting on ‘Europe’

From Mr David Tuckwell. Sir, I read with interest Paul Levy’s letter on Argentine debt

From Mr Billy Wibisono. Sir, I would like to draw your attention to the report ‘Manila attacks Beijing over maritime police expansion’

From Mr Randhir Singh Bains. Sir, It is true that building settlements on E1 would make the northern and southern parts of the West Bank non-contiguous

From Mr Tony Golding. Sir, In regard to Totnes and its rejection of Costa Coffee: readers of this paper should be aware that Totnes is, in every sense, a ‘one-off’ place

From Mr Stephen Porter. Sir, The duty to pay corporation tax on profits should never be a moral or ethical one

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