Britain’s policy echoes Habsburg decline
Indicators suggest that conditions are hopeless but not desperate
- Chris Giles Statisticians stall on doing key sums
- Chris Giles Policy ploys risk UK economic credibility
Samuel Brittan has been an economic commentator on the Financial Times since 1966. Prior to this he was economics editor of the Observer (1961-64) and an adviser at the Department of Economic Affairs (1965).
He has been awarded the George Orwell, Senior Harold Wincott and Ludwig Erhard prizes. He was a member of the Peacock Committee on the Finance of the BBC (1985-86). He was knighted in 1993 for “services to economic journalism” and also that year became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. His column appears on alternate Fridays.
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Stale debate holds back Britain’s recovery
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