The Independent 1998 Hamish McRae - Abstracts

The Independent 1998 Hamish McRae
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Abolish the Lords, but you'll never destroy the dynasties.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
An investment in the wrong kind of chips. (growing importance of intellectual skills)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Apocalypse or economic correction? A calming guide for nervous citizens. (financial markets accept inevitability of recession)Retail industryHamish McRae
As big companies get bigger, consumers should think small. (acting against concentration of power)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Astonishing US figures pose fresh questions for us on limits to growth. (prospects for continued economic growth in US and United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
At last, a worthy winner. (Amartya Sen, winner of 1998 Nobel prize for economics)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
A warm welcome to Britain for all these clever people. (United Kingdom attracts highly skilled foreigners)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Back to basics for the market value pundits.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Beware: the business cycle has not been repealed. (possibility of worldwide recession)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Bill or Tony: which one will history remember? (comparison of President Bill Clinton and United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Britain can't rescue the world economy. (United Kingdom will have only limited role in International Monetary Fund reform)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Britain's debt to immigrants.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Can Britain revive the Victorian spirit of pride in public service?(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Can we trust the Chancellor not to repeat his mistakes? (United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown must acknowledge possibility of recession)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Contented voters borrow to buy the American dream. (Americans get into debt)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Dear Alan and Will, Sorry. You'll have to try harder. (direct marketing has potential for success in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Economic sense and political sensibilities over the euro. (calls for start of European economic and monetary union to be delayed)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Even governments will have to compete in the global economy.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Even the healthiest economy is not immune to a dose of tiger flu.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Farewell, couch potato.(latest computer technology will make leisure more active)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Forget about inflation - price stability is here to stay.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Forget those old certainties, it's time for a little inflation.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
France, a lucky nation poised on the brink of sustained prosperity.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
German lesson for euro launch.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Governments have little power these days - learn to live with it.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Groping towards the right size of public sector. (United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Have we gone merger mad?Retail industryHamish McRae
Here comes the euro, adding to the world's economic instability.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Home truths from Houston. (contrasts between United Kingdom and US in approaches to dealing with forthcoming economic downturn)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How Brown's Budget could muck up Britain's economic experiment. (United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How free trade in services could boost the world economy.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How strange - suddenly everyone wants to pay off their debts.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How the next global crisis will be different for investors. (possibility of shift towards deflation)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How to cope with the cheapest energy ever - make it expensive. (negative impact of lower oil prices)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How to pick up the clear signals. (obtaining clear information about United Kingdom economy)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
How will the 21st century cope when savers become spenders?(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Interest rates won't be to blame for this slump.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Is the American experience exceptional enough for Wall St?(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Is this the Japanese Tony Blair? (Naoto Kan, leader of Democratic Party of Japan)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Japan needs a Thatcher revolution, not another minor fiscal boost.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Jobs will soon be flexible, fulfilling and fun. (future of work in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Learning to live in a world of falling prices.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Learning to live with recessions.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Lessons of life in a tax haven.(Barbados)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Living on pop music and film.(relationship between British and US culture)Retail industryHamish McRae
Murdoch's media empire is global and mighty, but it isn't eternal. (press barons will lose influence in 21st century)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Nations take huge leap into unknown.(launch of single European currency)Retail industryHamish McRae
Nothing on unemployment, nothing on East Asia. What is G7 good for?(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Not wonderful, but better than most. (links between East Asia and Japan and between collapses in Russian and Brazil and rest of world)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Oil at $9 a barrel is a trigger for economic instability.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
One size cannot fit all in the new euro-zone.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Our economic slowdown could be the South Downs or the Matterhorn. (factors affecting economic slowdown in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Paying foreign investors to build factories here doesn't make sense. (inward investment in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Recession could be round the corner for the US.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Recession talk will stop the real thing.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Revolution can make the rising sun shine. (Japan's financial prospects)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Russia's rouble trouble could destroy the whole of the European economy.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Sayonara: the year Japan went west. (Japan faces recession)Retail industryHamish McRae
Scotland can pay its own way.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Sinister aspects to the humbling of the experts. (attributing blame for world economic crisis)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Some parts of Europe will be stuck with the wrong interest rates. (fine-tuning currencies in advance of setting of euro conversion rates)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
The Bank that likes to say it might be wrong. (Bank of England admits recession is possible)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
The dawning of the age of the Anglo-Saxon. (dominance of Anglo-Saxon economic ideology)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
The legend in front is a Porsche. (Ferdinand Porsche, Design Museum, Shad Thames, London, England)Retail industryHamish McRae
The looming battle between the young and the old. (transfer of wealth between generations)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
The market's not finished yet. (reaction against market capitalism)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
There is an alternative to joining the euro. (possibility of United Kingdom joining North American Free Trade Association)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
There is much to fear from Japan rescue plan.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
There's no quick fix to the world's economic crisis - but don't panic.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
The US way of business. (United Kingdom government's relations with business)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
The world-wide quest for balanced budgets among finance ministers.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Unleashing the digital divide. (impact of digital television)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Warning lights are flashing in the US: a slowdown is on the way.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
What if you could talk to anyone in the world in their own language? (computer translation)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
When cool Britannia meets hard-headed economics. (many continental European professionals keen to work in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
When the banks get worried, politicians start to panic.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Where to expect a recovery in South-east Asia to start.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Why Brown's grand plan may exceed his grasp. (United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Why Hashimoto couldn't get things moving in Japan. (Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Why Japan should not be taking the US advice. (US encourages Japan to reduce taxes and raise spending)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Why self-help is doomed in our frantic modern society. (future of mutual societies in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Why we failed to read the signs of frailty and warn of East Asia's crisis.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
Why we failed to see the Asian contagion coming.(Column)Retail industryHamish McRae
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