Britain should stop pretending it wants more economic growth
https://www.ft.com/content/8178b984-cf92-4313-8381-d8e2f6fc7fa0
Janan Ganesh makes a great point:
Britain’s problem is that almost everyone names growth as their priority, and almost no one means it. There is always another consideration that takes precedence, whether geopolitical, ecological, cultural or egalitarian. The result is the worst of all worlds: no serious drive for economic success, but also no tacit national agreement that we should bed down for a life of low-drama stagnation. Either of these would be a grown-up choice, with its own merits and costs. It is the fudge — which holds growth to be desirable in the abstract but in no specific form — that has Britain in its gelatinous grip.
https://www.ft.com/content/8178b984-cf92-4313-8381-d8e2f6fc7fa0
Janan Ganesh makes a great point:
Britain’s problem is that almost everyone names growth as their priority, and almost no one means it. There is always another consideration that takes precedence, whether geopolitical, ecological, cultural or egalitarian. The result is the worst of all worlds: no serious drive for economic success, but also no tacit national agreement that we should bed down for a life of low-drama stagnation. Either of these would be a grown-up choice, with its own merits and costs. It is the fudge — which holds growth to be desirable in the abstract but in no specific form — that has Britain in its gelatinous grip.
What problem is the Education Secretary trying to solve?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-problem-is-the-education-secretary-trying-to-solve/