From Prof Alberto Alesina and others. Sir, ‘My best guess is that history will accord [Mario Monti] a role similar to that played by Heinrich Brüning, Germany’s chancellor from 1930 to 1932’
From Lord Kilclooney. Sir, The government has at last admitted that the Office for National Statistics’ estimate that 49% of UK trade goes to the EU includes UK exports on transit
From Mr Jeffrey Glanz. Sir, Let me assure you that if you feed salmon a vegetable-based protein most people will taste the difference between it and fishmeal-fed salmon
From Mr Arthur Boyson. Sir, Robin Harding is a bit off the mark in saying that it is the spiralling costs of Medicare that are the big problem in the US budget
From Dr Richard D. Erb. Sir, Michael Skapinker’s article and reader reactions reminded me of a statement from a British executive director during an IMF meeting I was chairing
From Mr Andrew Anderson. Sir, MPs Christopher Soames and Frank Field write as co-chairs (note the hyphen) of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration
From Mr Gianluca Di Lorenzo. Sir, According to Wolfgang Münchau, Mario Monti would not be the right man to lead Italy, due to his poor record as unelected prime minister on three counts