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Stop the rusting away of our graduates
From Mr Robin Christie. Sir, The article by Robert Skidelsky and Marcus Miller highlights the danger of ‘hysteresis’ – the ‘rusting away’ of human capacity through underemployment
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US need for longer-term debt has utmost urgency
From Mr Mitchell Hedstrom. Sir, I think Michael Mackenzie has contributed to the national debate over the level of our country’s debt and deficits
11:02pm
Heinz deal does look expensive
From Mr Terry Smith. Sir, Glen Arnold states that he has yet to read a proper analysis of Warren Buffett’s thinking for the Heinz deal
11:02pm
Balance of gas supply and demand is far from clear
From Prof Jonathan Stern. Sir, An increase in the share of gas-fired power generation and gas import dependence has long been obvious to those paying any attention
11:02pm
Time for MEPs to ‘feel the heat’
From Andreas Norlén MP and others. Sir, The EU will, for the first time, have a long-term budget tighter than the previous one, assuming that the European Parliament does not obstruct
11:01pm
‘Mr Mainwaring’ let us down too
From Dr Jonathan Chocqueel-Mangan. Sir, I smiled as I read John Fingleton’s personal account of trying to open a business account
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US doesn’t get enough sunshine
From Dr Bernard L. Weinstein. Sir, I agree with Bill Richardson’s admonition that America’s new-found abundance of shale gas and oil does not guarantee energy security
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Let’s have more of such prizes
From Mr William Thayer. Sir, The Nobel Prize idea is excellent for recognising scientific achievement
11:00pm
Borisov’s attempt to retain support
From Mr Boyan Gerasimov. Sir, You are right to highlight Bulgaria as an example why austerity cannot be an end in itself
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A convert to the success of small nuclear reactors
From Prof Ferdinand E. Banks. Sir, The article by Sylvia Pfeifer on the cost advantages of reducing the size of nuclear reactors is more than good – it is brilliant
Feb 23, 2013
Supermarkets and suppliers need to develop trust
From Mr Johnny Rizq. Sir, Rowley Leigh sees the absurd complexity of supply chains in the food business as an inevitable consequence of the ‘insatiable demand for cheap meat’
Feb 23, 2013
German meat is overpriced – and ours is far superior
From Mr Steve Redmond. Sir, Rowley Leigh draws the wrong conclusion from statistics showing UK consumers spend just 11.3% of household income on food
Feb 23, 2013
Quality has been sacrificed to price
From Ms Mella Frewen. Sir, Your article goes to the heart of the issue revealed by the recent horsemeat scandal
Feb 23, 2013
Shocking to find horsemeat so tasty
From Mr Takashi Ito. I do not condone making horses a food staple, but surely throwing away food that contains horsemeat is an insult to that animal
Feb 23, 2013
HFT and the ‘bits left behind’
From Mr Stuart Davis. Sir, In your editorial, you rightly highlight the similarity between the ‘slicing and dicing’ by the purveyors of subprime
Feb 23, 2013
Brown has been a winning colour
From Mr Harvey Clark Greisman. Sir, David Hayes reports that brown suits for men, while unpopular in British cities, are considered elegant and fashionable in Italian ones
Feb 23, 2013
Our only defence against barbarisation
From Mr Kwame Nkrumah Cain. Sir, It is imperative that we always have access to tangible books
Feb 23, 2013
Following the vox populi would be absurd
From Mr Miles Wortman. Sir, If, as Gillian Tett believes, library books are ‘on borrowed time’, I suppose we should shutter all the ‘reverential museums’
Feb 23, 2013
Base tax policy on capacity to pay
From Mr Jay Starkman. Sir, The term ‘fair share’, used by three distinguished finance ministers
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