Out of control?
THIS time will be different, a “controllable boom” with no bust to follow, claims John Major. Certainly, the latest statistics show the economy growing at a cracking pace, while inflation has edged lower. Whether this is a boom, and if so, a controllable one, is less clear.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Out of control?”
From the April 5th 1997 edition
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