The Death of Distance; How the Communications Revolution Will Change Our Lives
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999. Seventh Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, xvi, 303, [1] pages. Illustrations. Map. Notes. Index. Inscribed by author on fep. Dame Frances Anne Cairncross, DBE (born 30 August 1944 in Otley, England) is a British economist, journalist and academic. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy, UCLA. She chairs the Executive Committee of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. From 1973-1984, Cairncross was on the staff of The Guardian newspaper. She was its as economics correspondent from 1973-1981 and women's page editor from 1981-1984. Previous to her time at The Guardian she worked at The Times (1967-69) The Banker (1969) and The Observer (1970-73). She was on the staff of The Economist from 1984-2004 working in roles covering the environment, media and public policy. From 1999-2004 she was management editor. She chaired the Economic and Social Research Council between 2001 and 2007 and was President of the British Science Association (2005–06). Her book, The Company of the Future, was published in 2002 by Harvard Business School Press. In March 2003, she won the Institute of Internal Auditors' annual award for business and management journalism. Cairncross is also the author of The Death of Distance, a study of the economic and social effects of the global communications revolution. In 2004-05, Cairncross held the honorary post of High Sheriff of Greater London. More