Adrian Hamilton
The Independent’s comment editor, Adrian Hamilton writes a weekly column largely on international affairs with particular focus on the Middle East, Iran and foreign policy issues. Before joining the paper he was deputy editor of the Observer newspaper.
Adrian Hamilton: Recovery cannot begin until house prices bottom out
We don't have the money to fund recovery without outside investors
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Adrian Hamilton: Don't count on a new Bretton Woods
Friday, 14 November 2008
Without Obama, this weekend's economic summit is Hamlet without the Prince
Adrian Hamilton: Brown's new role as the 'Supermac' of global finance
Friday, 7 November 2008
The Prime Minister is pushing barren remedies for the world's woes
Adrian Hamilton: Asia has little interest in a 'new dawn'
Thursday, 6 November 2008
In South-East Asia during the past week, what impressed most was not the enthusiasm for the US elections but the lack of it. The campaign barely rated a few pictures and a single column report.
Adrian Hamilton: I wouldn't get too carried away by success if I were Brown
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Being a Chancellor with a plan isn't the same as being a statesman
Adrian Hamilton: Huge gulf that separates politicians and City
Friday, 10 October 2008
Markets may not get things right, but they are not 'irrational'
Adrian Hamilton: Cash and foetal
Friday, 10 October 2008
That was the response of one trader asked by a client what position he should take as markets collapsed round the world this week. Good advice.
Adrian Hamilton: It won't be long before the British blame foreigners
Thursday, 2 October 2008
What won't go away is the sense of humiliation in this crisis
Adrian Hamilton: A creeping defeatism is overcoming Labour
Thursday, 25 September 2008
You have to go to a party convention to understand how shut off they are
Adrian Hamilton: Forget the banks – it's the economy that matters now
Thursday, 18 September 2008
The period of consumer-led growth is over. But what will the next engine of growth be?
Adrian Hamilton: Gordon Brown does not deserve this much vitriol
Thursday, 11 September 2008
His difficulty is that he has been unable to grow from a master of measures to a general strategist
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Columnist Comments
• Andrew Grice: The Chancellor must consider tax hikes.
Despite the weight on his shoulders, the Chancellor remains remarkably calm.
• Howard Jacobson: The lesson of Hitler's deformity.
So Hitler actually did have only one ball. I call that a pity for history.
• Deborah Orr: Praising the public on pointless decisions.
People power, as it pertains to television anyway, is proving to be a tricky beast.
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1 Kabul 30 years ago, and Kabul today. Have we learned nothing?
2 Rupert Cornwell: Formidable opponent is now the best choice
3 Johann Hari: Charles as President? Not in my name
4 Howard Jacobson: Read more literature and less history. That's the lesson of Hitler's deformity
5 Tom Sutcliffe: The urbane power of Alistair Cooke
6 Leading article: There are better ways to protect trafficked women
7 Leading article: The overwhelming case for a major economic package
8 Amy Jenkins: A dose of Noughties realism – and therapy that works
9 Robert Skidelsky: What would Keynes have done?
10 Feargal Sharkey: When we rocked the Kasbah, the band was bigger than the crowd
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