A look at the many factors behind the UK's dismal economic performance in the past decade. Why some are international external factors, others are self-inflicted.

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Chapters

0:00 State of the UK
0:50 Austerity
2:12 Public Sector Investment
3:34 Taxes going Up
5:51 Dodgy forecasts
8:14 Regional divide
9:28 Productivity puzzle
9:55 Brexit
11:25 Inflation
12:09 Housing
13:09 Balance of Payments
14:06 Overview


Sources:
https://ifs.org.uk/publications/conte...
https://www.ippr.org/articles/state-o...
https://www.jrf.org.uk/political-mind...


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