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Investing in a clean economy is not only good for the environment, but it also has economic benefits. Cost reductions, increased production, and new job opportunities are just some of the positive outcomes outlined in our new explainer by Dimitri Zenghelis lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…

Heartening meeting with the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, just now. He gets the climate challenge & understands that Britain needs to think long & invest in the economy of the 21st C. He wants to show leadership and rightly seeks institutional support. He should be supported in this.

UK public sector investment has lagged our competitors for more than 15 years. Poorly applied 'fiscal rules' are partly to blame.
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The focus on tax cuts in the 2024 Budget leaves the UK economy’s major challenges largely untouched.

Low growth and the urgent need to move towards #netzero requires large-scale public investment, argue Esin Serin, Anna Valero & Dimitri Zenghelis.
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'A missed opportunity to make progress on boosting living standards on a longer-term basis, and increase investment in a sustainable and resilient future for the UK,' read budget reaction from Anna Valero Esin Serin and Dimitri Zenghelis

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The Budget's focus on tax cuts leave the UK economy’s major challenges of low growth and net-zero largely untouched, argue Esin Serin, Dimitri Zenghelis and Anna Valero of Grantham LSE. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

A missed opportunity to boost living standards in the longer-term. It is unlikely the UK economy can bear any further cuts to public investment, already among the lowest in the developed world. The fourth industrial revolution is in danger of passing us by. Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Today’s Budget prioritised tax cuts, with 2% off national insurance contributions. This was anticipated, given we are in an election year – but it marks another missed opportunity to boost living standards in the longer-term. Bennett Institute for Public Policy Grantham LSE lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…

Rather than tax and spending cuts the UK Chancellor should consider budget measures to boost innovation, competitiveness and productivity - which help bring about sustainable growth say Dimitri Zenghelis and Anna Valero ⬇️

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Sober coverage of Budget issues in today's Observer, focussing on fiscal rules and investing in a resilient productive economy with Anna Valero. Independent Economics Bennett Institute for Public Policy Grantham LSE Cambridge Econometrics Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Cambridge Zero

🤔When should (and when shouldn't) policymakers worry about bond markets?

This week’s New Economy Brief clarifies the real causes of the bond market crisis after the 'mini-budget' and explains common misconceptions about financial markets and public debt. neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/bon…

Increasing investment holds the key to achieving strong and sustainable growth and improved living standards in the UK - find out why and how this can be done in this explainer I did with the brilliant JamesSmithRF #endingstagnation

Listen up Labour, it is economically incoherent to say you cannot afford a growth strategy.

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It is internally inconsistent and self-contradictory to say you cannot afford a growth plan. If you understand why it's a growth plan, then you understand why you cannot delay it. The alternative is more short-termism.

Economic models have their limitations & can be dangerous, but used to address the right questions, they are useful. Mindful of the damage economists have done applying models inappropriately, we have decided to build one ourselves. Here’s why:
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