Britain | Britain’s growth crisis
British cities all grow at roughly the same speed
That makes them strange, and it’s not a good sign
|DIDCOT
Few english cities are more successful than Oxford. Wages there are higher than the national average, and the proportion of adults with degree-level qualifications is far higher. Oxford University has a larger portfolio of patents than any other British university.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “A population puzzle”
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