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UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined

Here’s some good news that might have passed you by. UK productivity – how much the economy produces per hour worked – grew more in the past year than in the previous seven years combined. I know. It doesn’t feel like that. GDP per person has barely moved since before the pandemic – up just … Continued The post UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined appeared first on Resolution Foundation

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Politics

Is British politics just ungovernable?

Keir Starmer is historically unpopular. When he entered Downing Street, his approval rating stood around +10%. Now? The Prime Minister languishes around -50%. It's the steepest drop in support for any governing party still in its infancy. 8 out of 10 people say that Britain is getting worse as a place to live under Labour's watch. One poll conducted towards the end of last year suggested that even Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had more public confidence than Keir Starmer's government. What on ea...

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Culture

Christians Are Reclaiming Marriage to Protect Children

Gay marriage did not merely redefine an institution. It created child victims. After ten years, a coalition of Catholic and Protestant leaders has come together to say: no more. The post Christians Are Reclaiming Marriage to Protect Children appeared first on First Things

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Economy

*The Almighty Dollar*

The author is Brendan Greeley, and the subtitle is 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money. A very well-timed book, excellent on the history of the dollar as it spans the centuries, I was happy to write a blurb for it. The post The Almighty Dollar appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesMy Conversation with Andrew Ross SorkinWhat should I ask Paul Gillingham?What should I ask Joel Mokyr?

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The Download: inside the QuitGPT movement, and EVs in Africa

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions In September, Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer in Singapore, purchased a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 a month and offers…

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