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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 2, 2015 bloombergview.com

EUROPE Clive Crook: "Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, made a notable speech last week. In an act of impressive discourtesy to euro-area governments, he explained in simple terms why their economies are stagnating and what they should do about it. Carney didn't say anything that others haven't said before, but it was out of the ordinary to hear it coming from him." Read more... Mark Gilbert: "After half a decade of growing ever sleepier, the currency market has started the year with its most volatile period since 2011. As the victims of the Swiss franc detonation lick their wounds, Denmark is battling to avoid its krone becoming the next victim of the global currency wars."Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: Of all the Super Bowl ads, "one stands above the rest: the broadcast's first-ever spot against domestic violence. ... It's incredibly rare, if not entirely out of character, for an ad with such a simple yet somber tone to break up the usual ostentatious levity of Super Bowl commercials." Read more... 2016 ELECTIONS Albert R. Hunt: "Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has buzz. He has impressed conservative activists in Des Moines and is the front-runner for likely Republican Iowa caucus-goers. ... There is one credential that he doesn't have: a post-high school education." Read more... Jonathan Bernstein: "No, presidential candidates really can't skip the Iowa caucuses." Read more... FOREIGN POLICY Robert D. Kaplan and Dafna H. Rand: "The concept of dictatorship is badly in need of revision. The old model of remote tyrants inflicting arbitrary, often eccentric, edicts on their cowed or indoctrinated subjects, with few constraints on their behavior and few threats to their survival, no longer applies." Read more...