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New rules of war will be little help in cyber arena
From Mr Lindsay Peter Mackenzie. Sir, Zbigniew Brzezinski is right to highlight inherent difficulties in controlling cyber activity and employing a framework of law to govern it
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Mandate required for transition to electric vehicles
From Mr Paul Philemon Kelly. Sir, It is sad, but true, that a number of technologies with great potential for societal good have been adopted only when their use has been legislatively mandated
10:59pm
Departure from agreed standards hard to justify
From Ms Jil Matheson. Sir, Chris Giles seems to be arguing that the independence of the Office for National Statistics should be demonstrated by departing from recognised EU accounting principles
10:57pm
Virtue has to be its own reward again
From Prof Roger Steare. Sir, Mark Carney’s speech in London, Ontario, was a breath of fresh air
10:48pm
Minimum wage is classic stealth tax
From Mr W.H. Bailey. Sir, It is time to despair when an FT editorial lauds an increase in the minimum wage (‘US minimum wage rise makes sense’, February 20)
10:45pm
Bring off-balance-sheet products in from the cold
From Mr James Lee. Sir, Simon Rabinovitch’s article is a timely wake-up call for all parties involved not to be complacent about financial products that are off balance sheet
10:43pm
Harmonisation lifts systemic risk
From Mr Alex J. Pollock. Sir, Rod Price’s letter is subtle and profound. Bravo for its discussion of the recursive and self-falsifying properties of the use of financial models
10:36pm
The ideal global sugar quota is – zero
From Mr Rory Robertson. Sir, Sharon Leclercq-Spooner bemoans the continuation of Europe’s ‘highly retrograde sugar production quotas’
10:26pm
Grillo’s not the only comedy turn
From Mr Charles Marshall. Sir, I don’t know much about Beppe Grillo other than that his first name appears to be ‘comedian’
10:22pm
We are legislating to set 2030 target
From Edward Davey MP. Sir, Your article ‘Climate chief warns of need for 2030 carbon target’ (February 28) ignores the fact that we are legislating to set a 2030 carbon target
10:18pm
Private sector made us blush
From Mr Trineesh Biswas. Sir, M.J. Russell rejects Robert Skidelsky and Marcus Miller’s call for deficit-financed state investments in the UK’s human capital and infrastructure
10:14pm
Arise and march against the gun lobby
From Mr Robert Clarke. Sir, Well done, Richard Daley, for having spoken out so strongly in favour of gun control in the US (‘America must side with its young not its gunmakers’, February 27)
Feb 28, 2013
Of course voters rejected Monti
From Dr Frank Peel. Sir, Why is anyone surprised at the rejection of Mario Monti?
Feb 28, 2013
Time for debate on separating powers
From Mr Donal Ó Brolcáin. Sir, Surely, only a root and branch overhaul of Britain’s way of governing itself would meet Richard Lambert’s call
Feb 28, 2013
Sugar production quotas – an outdated policy
From Ms Sharon Leclercq-Spooner. Sir, Martin Schulz and other MEPs should also take a close look at what the European parliament’s agricultural committee is recommending
Feb 28, 2013
An economy with so many pedals is undriveable
From Mr Peter Smaill. Sir, Robert Skidelsky and Marcus Miller consider that the Nobel Prize winner Friedrich Hayek offered a ‘counsel of despair’ in the Great Depression
Feb 28, 2013
Whole world will gain from US-EU trade deal
From Dr Jacob A. Jordaan. Sir, I believe Marcel Fratzscher substantially underestimates the importance and the positive effects of a new trade agreement between the US and the EU
Feb 28, 2013
Exactly what I asked for, but not what I had in mind
From Emeritus Prof Jascha Kessler. Sir, The looming likelihood of sequestration reminds me of a little tale my father told me during the depths of the Great Depression
Feb 28, 2013
Beggar-my-neighbour is wrong game
From Dr Desmond Lachman. Sir, Martin Wolf makes a seemingly compelling case for a further depreciation of sterling’s real effective exchange rate
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