Striking Echoes of the ‘70s
Apr 26th, 2008 | By Rob Mackrill | Category: International InvestingRemember the 1970s? “It was the decade of strikes, electricity shortages and piles of rotting rubbish on the street,” recalls a BBC report. Your editor is old enough to remember homework by candlelight, the three-day week and grim-faced militant union leaders such as Arthur Scargill barking pay demands every night on the TV news.