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UK After The Recession
http://postrecession.wordpress.com/
This blog is not about the recession,it is about what happens after the recession. The UK has been experiencing relative economic decline for more than 100 years. Over the past ten years it appeared that this process had been arrested, but now the financial sector, property and retail bubbles have burst it looks as if further decline is likely.
The accusation that Britain has nothing to sell has touched a cord. There are calls for more innovation and investment, in the creative industries,in green technologies or biotechnology for example. It is the contention of this blog that the decline of the UK can be arrested,but that the barriers to growth and change are broader than generally realised.
The UK has become a risk averse and politically stagnant country where the state is intervening constantly at every level. Is it possible for genuine innovation and change to thrive inside a society which is wedded to risk aversion,state intervention and welfarism?
- Added on: Jun 16th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Rob Killick
- Listed in: Politics Economics
- Tags: politics economics recession credit crunch finacial meltdown
Recent Posts
We need real growth not sustainable growth
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Data sharing-the guiding principle should be informed consent
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How much is enough?
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Austerity or growth-Cameron flips and flops
David Cameron appears to have realised, as I predicted, that his party’s call for austerity is not terribly appealing. He is now talking af the need to promote economic growth. At this stage there is no substance behind the talk and it seems t...
Can the UK economy become dynamic again and does it matter if it doesn’t?
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Economic growth and its discontents
Speech given by me at Battle of Ideas Conference 31 October 2009 in debate with Lord Skidelsky and others Continued economic growth is important because it means that the productivity of labour increases, we get more for less, we get more control ov...
