| The Independent 1997 Hamish McRae |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
|---|
| A bad year for economic punditry. (economists make misguided predictions in 1997)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| A balance between living standards and unemployment. (UK tax system should encourage people to retrain)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Across the Atlantic: grey power is the US secret weapon. (encouraging older people to re-enter the workforce may benefit the United Kingdom)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| A few hot tips to spice up the economy. (economic importance of the entertainment industry)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| A foretaste of a future where fiscal surpluses are the norm.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| An alternative agenda for Europe's politicians. (economic issues which European politicians should be considering)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Are we really becoming less co-operative? (apparent decline in co-operative ventures in the UK)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| As the dust settles in East Asia, the hunt for new markets goes on.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| At last, Japan is facing up to the need for radical change. (new approaches to economic management)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| At last: the corporations come clean. (large companies seek to be more environmentally-friendly)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Bankers bang their drum on governments borrowing less. (need for more discipline in fiscal policy)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Blair must make us sing together the Clinton hymn. (Bill Clinton's education policy may point the way to reform of UK public services under a future Labour government)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Bring back the wolf, for a forest to last a thousand years. (need for millennium projects to take long-term view)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Businessmen: New Labour's unlikely heroes. (new UK government tries to benefit from expertise of business leaders)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Clerical nostalgia won't solve unemployment. (UK Council of Churches fails to realise that unemployment is a global problem)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Cover your posterior isn't the long-term answer. (politicians give little attention to posterity)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| East Asia's dazzling growth is about to run into trouble.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Economic management is not a party political issue. True or false?(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Fergie - the ideal figure for the new world economy. (Sarah Ferguson's ability to pay off her debts highlights key features of world economy)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Forget the CBI, watch the market signals. (Confederation of British Industry)(business and government in United Kingdom)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| France's electorate has posed questions beyond boundaries. (French general election significant as vote about structural change)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Future generations will be the best judge of the Budget. (wider implications of United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Global deflation could provide the next big shock.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Global floaters versus the local voters. (UK must be attractive to international financial and human capital)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Goodbye to Hong Kong, hello to a new prosperity. (1997 to see the end of British colonialism)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Here are the tools. Now, how do we change society? (potential for telecommunications and related technologies to bring about social and economic change in United Kingdom)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Higher rates needn't scare investors. (interest rates set to rise in 1997) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| How to survive the arrival of the disloyal workplace. (strong trend towards corporate mergers)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| How to tell when fortune-tellers might get it right. (problems with making accurate forecasts)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| How will Labour deal with real life? (UK's new Labour government must address global challenges)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| If Greenspan gets it wrong, Europe will feel the pinch. (global impact of US monetary policy) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| In Japan's darkest hour, signs that the worst may be over.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| It is hard to play by the rules when there are none left. (government faces new and varied demands)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Japanese turn envious eyes on the UK's Big Bang reforms.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Japan Inc braces for a seismic shift in the new millennium.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Japan's economic model is no longer roadworthy.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Jobs and US economy offer road maps to duration of the boom.(lessons for the United Kingdom from employment trends in the US) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Judge Brown's Budget on his efforts to curb the Micawbers. (United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown seeks to alter savings habits of ordinary people)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Just another product that doesn't match the packaging. (United Kingdom government's Individual Savings Accounts)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Let the Royals join the queue for 'Britannia II.' (mixed views on plans for new royal yacht)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Market instability has affected the three time zones in different ways.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| New York? London? We're all on the move. (more people become global citizens)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Reasons to be cheerful about the recovery's future prospects. (good prospects for economic recovery in the UK)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Relax and enjoy yourself - it's probably good for the economy. (benefits of strong domestic consumption in United Kingdom)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Scotland: the unanswered questions. (economic and political aspects of Scottish devolution)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae, Sheena McDonald |
| Signs that Japan's recovery may soon be under way.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Slimmer governments under pressure to do more with less.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Squalls face world's role model. (Anglo-American economic model of capitalism)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Stick 'em together, pull 'em apart. It's the Velcro age. (new approaches to corporate restructuring)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Still tigers, but tamed a bit by the market system. (drop in admiration for Asian economies)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Stronger UK economy will keep current account under control.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Sultan Mehmet II and the EU. (Turkey continues to feel rejected by European Union)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Swing in the tail of emerging markets will begin to wag the dog. (economic developments in East Asia)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Tax on the rich that delivers few votes and less revenue. (UK shadow chancellor Gordon Brown will probably not permitted to go ahead with plan to increase top rate of tax)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Technology set to show its strength in currency debate. (new technology makes currencies less of a barrier to international movements of trade and finance)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Ten events that may shake the world by the turn of the century. (possible shocks to world economic system)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The big cowboy will be watching you. (new links between producers and consumers)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The bonds that tie low inflation to the information society.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The boom will go bust: here's how to brace yourself. (United Kingdom will face another recession)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The brightest turn their backs on corporate life. (United Kingdom's most intelligent young people have negative views about corporate life)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The drawbacks of a one-size-fits-all monetary policy become clearer.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The exchange rate is right so let's all go on holiday.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The financial folklore that cannot be banked on. (reviewing traditional assumptions about banking industry)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The other problem with jobs bought from the Japanese.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| There's not much meat in the Chancellor's nouvelle cuisine. (United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown)(Green Budget) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The strange case of falling birth rates in the West.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The weightless economy is on track for victory. (international trade will increasingly be in intangibles)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The windfall - spend it or save it for a rainy day? (many Britons receive money from building society flotations)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| The world waits to see if Blair can tame the market. (UK Labour party leader Tony Blair)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| This could be a once-in-a-lifetime turning point for the dollar. (some observers point to a secular change in the value of the dollar)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Three economic zones, all with plenty to worry about. (North America, continental Europe and East Asia)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Tiger, Tiger, burning bright. (US golfer Tiger Woods)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Washington provides the prelude to a year of rising interest rates.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Welfare system must be as flexible as the workforce.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| We must learn how to live in a world of low inflation.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| What to expect if the strong pound is here to stay.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| What you can buy for a trillion dollars. (economic growth creates personal wealth in US and United Kingdom)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| When a holiday is a job, and work is an education. (more flexible approach to holidays likely to emerge in the United Kingdom)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| When it comes to inflation figures, trust your intuition. (likelihood of increased interest rates in the UK)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| When politics takes its orders from commerce. (declining power of national governments)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| When the global market is just a free telephone call away. (impact of moves to liberalise world telecommunications market)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Where will the pound be five years from now? Will it even exist?(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Why the Bank of England was right on interest rates after all.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Why the freeze in Europe could be good news for the economy.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Will this be the last hot Christmas for the UK? (prospects for retail sales in run-up to Christmas 1997)(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
| Yamaichi collapse will end the Japanese culture of concealment.(Column) | Retail industry | Hamish McRae |
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