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The M4 corridor is more productive for the British economy than the southeast, report finds
22 September 2017
The M4 corridor is more productive for the British economy than the southeast, report finds
A study into the industrial breakdown of the country by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics has exposed some well-worn assumptions about the UK economy as myths and raised questions about how to spread prosperity across the nation.
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Patchy prosperity is the real British disease
A new study shows poor productivity is not explained by simplistic talk of a north-south divide
Weak productivity equals weak wages, equals social division, equals many of the problems haunting the country today. But the odd thing is that until now no one had thought to dig deep into the data underlying these problems. That all changes today, with the release of a paper by Richard Davies, Anna Valero and Sandra Bernick from the London School of Economics.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/patchy-prosperity-is-the-real-british-disease-d9pqddfh9
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