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The Economist:
A growth manifesto

1 February 2013

IT IS tempting to think Britain is well past its best. The first nation to industrialise, it once topped the tables of output per person. It is now a mid-table mediocrity on the edge of a triple-dip recession. But a proposal-packed new report compiled by a panel of academics, policymakers and business experts is more optimistic.

The article was published in The Economist on February 1, 2013
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