How to kickstart the UK economy. With Tim Leunig

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  Hi folks, I'm John Byrne Murdoch, the FT's chief data reporter.

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  And I'm Sarah O'Connor, the FT's employment columnist.

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  Totally.

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  How do you kickstart an economy?

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  It's a question many governments in Western Europe are grappling with amid sluggish economic growth and the UK is no exception.

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  From rising unemployment to weak public finances, the British economy is in the doldrums.

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  and there's pressure on the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to fix it.

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  Hello and welcome to The Economics Show from The Financial Times.

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  I'm Sam Fleming, the FT's Economics Editor, and today I'm joined by Tim Leunig.

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  Tim is a professor at the London School of Economics, where he's taught for 25 years,

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  and he's chief economist at Innovation Think Tank, Nesta.

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  He's been an advisor to two chancellors and writes a popular policy substack.

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  If anyone has ideas for how to fix the economy, Tim is your man.

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  Thanks for joining us, Tim.

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