Nov 17: Finland's finance minister rated best in Europe

Europe's finance ministers have been put through their paces - not just by the global economic turmoil but also in the latest Financial Times guide to the guardians of the continent's public purses. Finland's Jyrki Katainen, the top-rated finance minister in the FT survey, talks to Ralph Atkins about and the lessons learned from the deep financial crisis Finland experienced in the 1990s and why the banking system in Finland is in good shape.