CIVITAS: Why economic growth is faltering and what we can do about it
14 Nov 2011 02:31 PM
Government's mistake is to misunderstand the scale of de-industrialisation
The Government wants economic growth as much as anyone. Why isn't it happening? A new report from Civitas argues that growth is faltering because the Government has been solving the wrong problems. The Coalition thinks that the national debt and global warming are the biggest challenges we face, but according to A Strategy For Economic Growth, our main problem is de-industrialisation. The report suggests ten things the Government could do.