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Blaming China will not solve America’s problem

From Google to the renminbi, China is being blamed for all that ails the US. Unfortunately, this reflects a potentially lethal combination of political scapegoating and bad economics, writes Stephen Roach

Refugees for settlers is the way forward for Israel

Any move to press Israel to abandon the settlements as part of a peace deal seems doomed to failure, writes Eugene Rogan

China knows the time for lying low has ended

Though this will not be easy to carry out, Beijing is now quietly embarking on political and economic ‘decoupling’ from the US, writes Ian Bremmer

Outside Edge: Bread, fish and cheeses of Nazareth

Dear Judas, this letter is to alert you, as club treasurer, of issues affecting us all, writes Jurek Martin

A deaf and defiant Israel is gambling with its future

The claim upon East Jerusalem is rooted in a sense of moral entitlement, which the world increasingly rejects. Some day soon America will awaken too, writes Max Hastings

Energy prices should rise the more you use

Government needs to introduce rules to turn the incentive structure for gas and electricity consumers on its head, writes Sam Arie

A euro exit is the only way out for Greece

Should eurozone governments contravene the no bail-out rule, we would have no hesitation in lodging a new lawsuit, write Wilhelm Hankel, Wilhelm Nölling, Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider and Joachim Starbatty

Cultural change is key to bank reform

Smart, well-paid financial market participants cannot be relied on to get things right. But neither can the regulators, writes Justin Fox

Darling’s faith-based politics

The big fact about Britain’s predicament has not changed: sooner or later an unsustainable government deficit will demand deep spending cuts and more tax rises, says Philip Stephens

Silence on spending is anything but golden

The electorate will shortly be asked to choose between the major parties at the general election knowing that big cuts are coming but having no idea of what they will be, writes Nicholas Timmins

Resource wealth need no longer be a curse

It is time to stop punishing prudence

Reasons to be cheerful about Europe

Recovery depends on Main Street

Renminbi reform is just the start for China

We should not be saved from our stupidity

A pseudo solution to the euro's failings

Outside Edge: Towards a theory of finite niceness

Facebook gains strength but Google is still the daddy

Britain must attend to its mutual interest

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