British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is clearly happy for the state to play a larger role in the economy. And yet, by scrapping a perfectly sensible industrial strategy for no good reason, it has all but ensured that the country’s economic problems will remain unsolved.
Video: Interview at Disruptive Innovation Festival
I spoke at this year’s Disruptive Innovation Festival about learning from the financial crisis, and building an economy that is fit for purpose for the 21st century.
Shooting for the moon: Why we need a new mission for a zero carbon future
This article was originally published at openDemocracy. “The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all” — John Maynard Keynes On 20 July 1969 Neil … Continue reading Shooting for the moon: Why we need a new mission for a zero carbon future
Laurie Macfarlane 