Hamish McRae

Hamish McRae: Brace yourself for a new revolution

Published: 31 January 2007

Computers will go on advancing, but more important will be the changes they make to the fabric of our lives

Hamish McRae: America's fall from financial pre-eminence

Published: 24 January 2007

If they want to do international business, US banks have to do it in London, not New York

Hamish McRae: If house prices keep rising, so will inflation

Published: 17 January 2007

Inflation will be a constraint on policy for the foreseeable future in a way it has not been for a decade

Hamish McRae: The slow shift of economic power

Published: 10 January 2007

As the workforce becomes more flexible, the more this swings the advantage towards women

Hamish McRae: Here comes the shopping revolution

Published: 27 December 2006

We are in the very early stages, so we have only caught a glimpse of some of the consequences

Hamish McRae: Christmas isn't just about what we spend

Published: 20 December 2006

Most of us now have enough stuff, what we don't have is the time to enjoy it

Hamish McRae: The unstoppable growth of aviation

Published: 13 December 2006

Going through any British airport is hardly fun. But we are dealing with a problem of success

Hamish McRae: Brown grasps global challenge but response belongs to 1960s

Published: 07 December 2006

Phew! It is nearly over. Gordon Brown's last (surely) pre-Budget report had an inevitable fin de siècle aura about it. He talked about plans for the next economic cycle, how government borrowing would be consistent with his "golden rule". There were projections for taxation and spending running on to 2011-12.

Hamish McRae: Has Gordon Brown suddenly realised where his own reforms have failed?

Published: 06 December 2006

Privatisation, grasped by the Tories in the 1980s, had really been started by Denis Healey

Hamish McRae: Why Charles Darwin offers a lesson for those hoping to survive in the media jungle

Published: 29 November 2006

I don't think any of the conventional media can understand the scale of change that is upon us

Hamish McRae: Power is shifting away from governments

Published: 22 November 2006

Politicians now have to take into account the reaction of the global business community

Hamish McRae: Strategist whose ideas shaped half a century

Published: 17 November 2006

Milton Friedman was the dominant economic mind of the second half of the 20th century. He gave the intellectual leadership that enabled the world to fight the runaway inflation and rising unemployment of the 1970s and 1980s and hence paved the way for the long period of low inflation and growth that most of the developed world, including Britain, is now experiencing. His support for the market mechanism (as opposed to government direction) as a guide for developing an economy also had considerable influence on Chinese economic policy from the late 1970s onwards and so in some measure he had a role in setting the groundwork for the present Chinese boom.

Hamish McRae: Why Oxford's future matters to the world

Published: 15 November 2006

At the moment, Britain is the only country that can give the US a run for its money

Hamish McRae: The growing problem of America

Published: 08 November 2006

Will political disruption push the US more towards a protectionist society?

Hamish McRae: So how do we persuade China to change?

Published: 01 November 2006

We need to be honest about our own failures of lifestyle - and we need to tackle those failures

Hamish McRae: Can we prove Shakespeare wrong and find ways for the old and young to live together?

Published: 25 October 2006

People selling goods and services to the elderly so often seem stuck in a time warp

Hamish McRae: The unstoppable growth of America

Published: 18 October 2006

We are moving into a world where cultural links are becoming more important than physical proximity

Hamish McRae: YouTube is young, democratic and shows that the world is changing before our eyes

Published: 11 October 2006

The big point is that it's a pretty pure market, and like all markets it signals what people really want

Hamish McRae: Happiness and politicians don't always mix

Published: 04 October 2006

The area where our gloom stands out is our lack of confidence in our government and prime minister

Hamish McRae: Europe must lift its economic game

Published: 27 September 2006

The issues are how best to lift the laggards and how best to encourage the leaders

Hamish McRae: The most successful society on the planet

Published: 20 September 2006

Sweden is already retreating from tax and spend government, and has been for more than a decade

Hamish McRae: The unions need to rediscover their roots

Published: 13 September 2006

The concerns of the workforce are different from those of the workforces of Victorian factories

Hamish McRae: Growth and taxes aren't always linked

Published: 06 September 2006

We ought to look at practical evidence rather than have strong ideological opinions on tax

Hamish McRae: Boom and bust: a tale of two cities

Published: 30 August 2006

New Orleans has become a test case of what drives cities at a time when the world is urbanising

Hamish McRae: All these people have come here to work. So how have they found enough jobs?

Published: 23 August 2006

The UK has become the greatest job machine in the European time zone

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