Share the View: Modi's Ambitions

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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 23, 2015 bloombergview.com

EUROPE Clive Crook: "Athens is to present a list of measures to the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission -- the so-called troika, with which Greece's new government vowed not to deal. If the supervisors sign off, the plan must go to various national parliaments for approval, including Germany's. This thing isn't over yet."Read more... The Editors: "With luck, the deal will stick. Whether it sticks or not, the European Union needs to study the shambles of the past few weeks and resolve never to repeat it." Read more... INDIA The Editors: "In his first nine months in office, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a raft of initiatives -- to boost manufacturing, improve sanitation, slash red tape, increase foreign investment and more. All worthy goals. What's been lacking up to now is a coherent strategy to tie these plans together." Read more... MEDIA Justin Fox: "The Koch brothers are planning to spend $889 million on the 2016 political campaign. There are those who see this as a terrible subversion of democracy. ... Then there are the owners of local television stations, who can be forgiven if they see the partisan zeal of the Kochs and other politically engaged billionaires as a great gift from heaven, or at least from the U.S. Supreme Court." Read more... TRANSPORTATION Albert R. Hunt: "If Washington were a rational place, a major measure to rebuild roads, bridges, ports and airports would be a slam-dunk." Read more...