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Torsten Bell on GDP, fertility, growth and happiness

This blog was first published here We’re three weeks in for Charting the Course. Thanks for reading. The first two weeks were on the serious side – digging into what is going on with the UK’s labour market and public … Continue reading

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The economic history of the world in one little graph

  That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year 1 showing the major powers’ share of world GDP, from a research letter written by Michael Cembalest, an analyst … Continue reading

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Play Pen on Public Sector Pensions

Following robust debate over pie ale and an October Pimms, the 16 members of the Pension PlayPen split 8/8 on the motion  “the pensions paid to the public sector are unfair”. However there was a healthy majority of 13 to 3 that … Continue reading

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