With a second recession looming, Britain is facing a moment of truth. This book examines how the leader of the industrial revolution came to exhibit the features of a ‘developing country’; chronic debt, volatile growth and vulnerability to external events. Going South explains how this has happened, arguing that the time for quick fixes is over.
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Introduction: Decline and Fall June 1914: A Snapshot June 2014: Lagos-on-Thames Welcome to the Beautiful South A Century of Failure Win Some, Lose Some Into Free Fall: The No-Strategy Strategy The Great Reckoning Hanging on in There Desperately Seeking Sweden After the Illusions
Про автора
LARRY ELLIOTT is the Economics Editor of
The Guardian. He is the council member of the Overseas Development Institute and visiting fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
DAN ATKINSON is the Economics Editor of
The Mail on Sunday, previous to this he was a financial correspondent at
The Guardian.Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson are the authors of two previously successful publications
The Gods That Failed and
Fantasy Island.