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January/February 2012
'The eurozone shambles has been the worst setback for European integration since the 1940s'
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December 2011
'The 166 countries outside the EU are at peace even though they do not belong to the EU or enjoy the benefits of the single currency'
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November 2011
‘The government has sensibly decided to give back to the Bank of England its old job of regulator. But a clutter of extra institutions and committees is being proposed, none of which is the real boss’
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July/August 2011
‘Under my proposal well-behaved banks would have a strong interest in preventing their risk-prone rivals from ruining the system’
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