The UK economy has experienced a prolonged period of weakness over the last five years. John Van Reenen writes that the real problems for the UK are inadequate long-run investment in infrastructure, innovation and human capital. He argues that what Britain needs is an independent infrastructure body to recommend and deliver national infrastructure projects. Unfortunately, short-term expediency has once again [?]

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6 January 2014

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LSE European Politics and Policy Blog

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/01/06/the-state-of-the-uk-economy-diagnosis-prognosis-and-recommended-treatment/

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