1. General
   1. dominant sector
      1. service sector
   2. combination of Am and European industry
   3. welfare state
   4. Margaret Thatcher
      1. 1980s
      2. Conservative Party
      3. free market economy
      4. privatisation
2. Labour Force and Unemployment
   1. unemployment
      1. 7%
   2. Britons
      1. social help better than work
   3. division between earnings at top and at the bottom
3. British brands
   1. no longer British
      1. The Harrods
         1. Qatar Holdings
      2. Rolls-Royce
         1. BMW- German
4. Britain and the EU
   1. 1973
      1. member of the EU
      2. death of the Gaulle
   2. 1970
      1. European Community
      2. rejected by France
         1. humiliation to Britain
   3. eurosceptics
   4. not a member of Schenen Agreement
   5. no change to euro
5. The City
   1. City of London
      1. Square Mile
   2. people working here take part in decisions concerning the economic future of the globe
   3. before WWII
      1. financial capital of the world
   4. after WWII
      1. New York took precedence over London
6. Transportation
   1. Car transport
      1. Vauxhall, Mini, Austin, Lotus, Rover, Rolls-Royce, Bentley
      2. Congestion charge
         1. £10 congestion charge each time when you enter the congestion zone.
         2. discourage people from using their own cars
      3. Motorways
         1. free of charge
         2. M25
            1. London Orbital
            2. most famous
            3. encircles Greater London
      4. Railways
         1. George Stephenson
            1. built 1st public railway line
         2. 1955
            1. British Rail privatised
         3. period of chaos
            1. Hatfield rail crash
            2. 2000
            3. Potters Bar
            4. 2002
   2. Air transport
      1. five airports in or near the Greater London area
         1. Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanton, Luton and London City airports
      2. Concorde
         1. 1976-2003
            1. expensive, but fast
         2. supersonic passenger plane
         3. crash in France
            1. 25 July 2000