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How the U.K. Became One of the Poorest Countries in Western Europe – The Atlantic

“In the past 30 years, the British economy chose finance over industry, Britain’s government chose austerity over investment, and British voters chose a closed and poorer economy over an open and richer one. The predictable results are falling wages and stunningly low productivity growth.”
(tags: economics politics growth)

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