As a former Executive Director of the World Bank I know that the columnists of the Financial Times have more voice than what I ever had, and therefore they might need some checks-and-balances.
Would a child shouting out “the Emperor is naked” have his observation published in FT? Would he now need a PhD for that to happen?
Sir I cannot but subscribe completely to Wolfgang Kuhn’s letter of June 24 “Don’t ridicule Germany for its aversion to debt” and if only I was able to get hold of Mr. Kuhn, and so permitted, I would be glad to post it in my own Tea with FT blog.