Paul Krugman in the New York Times says that Europe is not responding effectively to the global recession and that the recession "maybe" shows that creating the euro was a mistake.
Richard Kay in the Daily Mail says Gordon Brown is planning to take Barack Obama to Jamie Oliver's charitable east London restaurant Fifteen when the US president visits London for the G20 summit next month.
Meanwhile Sean O'Neill in the Times says security is being stepped up ahead of the summit because anti-globalisation protesters are planning to mount "guerilla-style raids" at the event.
And Darren Murphy on his blog asks whether the G20 meeting can really revive Brown's fortunes.
Luke Akehurst on his blog says that the Labour party should be cautious about "Obama hype" and that it should not assume that all the best ideas about campaigning always emerge from the US.
Sam Coates at Red Box explains why the value of Britain's fiscal stimulus has suddenly gone up from 1% of GDP to 3.4% of GDP.
