Add to ORKGToday saw the announcement of 0.6 per cent GDP growth for the second quarter of this year, leading the Chancellor, George Osborne, to claim that the economy is now ‘on the mend’. John Van Reenen takes a close look at these claims, finding that the UK’s economic indicators are by no means in the best of health. A dislocated financial sector and the UK and Eurozone’s austerity policies mean that the UK is in the midst of the longest depression in a century. He argues that for the UK to get back on the path to sustainable growth, there needs to be greater investment in public infrastructure and structural reforms to raise the UK’s productivity and increase investment
Last week saw the release of low quarterly growth figures from the Office for National Statistics. T...
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
The UK’s Spending Review has been forced on the British Chancellor because weak economic growth has ...
The real problems for the UK are inadequate long-run investment in infrastructure, innovation and hu...
John Van Reenen reacts to the news today that the UK has avoided economic contraction in the last qu...
Today the IMF cast doubt on the Chancellor’s deficit reduction programme and new figures suggested t...
With the threat of stagflation and interest rate rises, the current economic climate shows little si...
With the threat of stagflation and interest rate rises, the current economic climate shows little si...
According to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics , the UK economy grew by o...
Yesterday saw the Chancellor’s autumn statement. Tony Dolphin argues that the measures announced in ...
In the face of lower than expected growth, pressure is building on the Chancellor George Osborne, to...
Some commentators have argued that the prosperity boom experienced under the last Labour government ...
According to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics , the UK economy grew by o...
In the face of lower than expected growth, pressure is building on the Chancellor George Osborne, to...
In this article, John Van Reenen looks at the UK’s economic performance since the global financial c...
Last week saw the release of low quarterly growth figures from the Office for National Statistics. T...
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
The UK’s Spending Review has been forced on the British Chancellor because weak economic growth has ...
The real problems for the UK are inadequate long-run investment in infrastructure, innovation and hu...
John Van Reenen reacts to the news today that the UK has avoided economic contraction in the last qu...
Today the IMF cast doubt on the Chancellor’s deficit reduction programme and new figures suggested t...
With the threat of stagflation and interest rate rises, the current economic climate shows little si...
With the threat of stagflation and interest rate rises, the current economic climate shows little si...
According to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics , the UK economy grew by o...
Yesterday saw the Chancellor’s autumn statement. Tony Dolphin argues that the measures announced in ...
In the face of lower than expected growth, pressure is building on the Chancellor George Osborne, to...
Some commentators have argued that the prosperity boom experienced under the last Labour government ...
According to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics , the UK economy grew by o...
In the face of lower than expected growth, pressure is building on the Chancellor George Osborne, to...
In this article, John Van Reenen looks at the UK’s economic performance since the global financial c...
Last week saw the release of low quarterly growth figures from the Office for National Statistics. T...
An obsession with deficit reduction has diverted attention away from the need to revamp the UK’s ind...
The UK’s Spending Review has been forced on the British Chancellor because weak economic growth has ...