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#UKeconomy

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Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦

The lack of joined up thinking from this government is quite impressive.

"Our number one mission is to grow the economy, but the economy isn't growing enough. What can we do to fix it?"

"I know: let's increase the barriers in the way of people doing productive work!"

"Yes, of course, genius!"

news.sky.com/story/gig-economy

Sky · Gig economy bosses could face jail time if they fail to check employers can legally work in UK
#Idiocracy#UKPolitics#UKEconomy
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A.Stringer

"I hate #vibes-based reasoning, because of the kind of thinking that it elevates. It elevates the comms spad over the #macroeconomist, the reader-of-headlines over the #modeller, the use of a finger in the air over a solid think about the vast, hard-to-move #economy."

freethinkecon.wordpress.com/20

#criticalthinking
#experts
#economy
#UKeconomy
#datainterpretation
#factsmatter
#UKpol
#treasury
#bankofengland
#doomloop
#doomscrolling

Freethinking Economist · Against vibes-based economic prognosticatingHere is how it goes. Let’s say it starts with the Government doing something bad, like raise a tax by £20bn, to fund a bunch of stuff. People don’t like tax, according to science, and s…
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A.Stringer

"In a report published on Wednesday, it said the #UK can reach #netzero #emissions by 2050 while spending as little as 0.2% of the country’s gross domestic product or about £4.3 billion ($5.4 billion) each year on average. That’s a 75% reduction from the committee’s previous estimate in 2020 of net costs of £16.1 billion each year between 2025 and 2050.

Why Reaching Net Zero Is Getting Cheaper in the UK - Bloomberg
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#ukbudget
#climatechange
#UKeconomy
#Renewables

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