Britain | British productivity
Hunting the snark
If Mr Brown does preside over an upsurge in productivity growth, it will mainly be a rebound from the dismal performance in Labour’s first term
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IT IS a quest on which chancellor upon chancellor has embarked since the war—to little avail. Now it is Gordon Brown's turn. Launching his plan this week to promote enterprise and to open up business to more effective competition, the chancellor said: “From today, our energies must be directed to productivity.”
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