Martin Kettle
Martin Kettle (b. 1949) is an associate editor of the Guardian and writes on British, European and American politics, as well as the media, law and music. He was formerly the newspaper’s leader writer (1993-97), then its Washington D.C. bureau chief 1997-2001.
The economic destiny of nations is now in the hands of credit rating agencies Moody's, S&P's, Fitch. Unelected, unaccountable and with hugely inflated powers, they must be curbed, argues a Guardian columnist.