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THE POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY: HOW IS IT GOING?

A new #BattleFest recording from the Battle of Ideas festival 2021:

Will the post-pandemic recovery continue? Why has the UK economy experienced such a long period of relative stagnation, with productivity barely growing for years? What, if anything, can be done to change this dynamic? How can living standards be boosted in more deprived areas? The Covid-related economic crisis is itself unlikely to ‘change everything’, but to what extent could it be the catalyst for accelerating economic changes already underway?