Table Of ContentThe British Growth Crisis
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The British Growth Crisis
The Search for a New Model
Edited by
Jeremy Green
Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK
Colin Hay
Professor of Political Science, University of Sheffield, UK
and
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Notes on Contributors x
Introduction: The British Growth Crisis 1
Jeremy Green, Colin Hay and Peter Taylor-Gooby
Part I Diagnosing the Crisis
1 Should the UK Continue to Follow Liberal Economic
Policies? 17
Graham Gudgin and Ken Coutts
2 UK Economic Performance Under New Labour 1997–2010:
Facts, Lessons and Pointers 43
Dan Corry
3 Anglo-American Financial Interdependence and the
Rise of Income Inequality 77
Jeremy Green
Part II Evaluating Responses
4 Economic Recovery and Governance for the Long-Term 105
Gerry Stoker
5 Public Policy Futures: A Left Trilemma? 126
Peter Taylor-Gooby
6 The UK Macroeconomic Policy Debate and the British
Growth Crisis: Debt and Deficit Discourse in the Great
Recession 151
Ben Clift
7 The Final Nail in the Coffin? Crisis, Manufacturing Decline,
and Why It Matters 174
Craig Berry
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Part III Global, Local and Sectoral Dimensions
8 L ocal and Regional Economic Development in Britain 201
D anny MacKinnon, Andrew Cumbers and David Featherstone
9 E mployment Protection Legislation and the Growth Crisis 221
J ason Heyes and Paul Lewis
10 G lobalisation and the UK Economy since the 1990s 242
J onathan Perraton
11 T he Need for an Engaged, Expert and Inclusive British
Capitalism 261
A ndrew Tylecote and Paulina Ramirez
Part IV Alternatives Beyond Growth?
12 A Feminist Critique of the ‘Politics of Community’ 285
D aniela Tepe-Belfrage
13 T owards a New Growth Strategy: Promoting Decent Work
in the United Kingdom 304
F rank Pyke
List of Figures
1.1 R eal GDP per capita in the UK 21
1.2 P roductivity 24
1.3 E mployment rate 24
1.4 U nemployment rate 25
1.5 I nflation rate: annual percentage changes in consumer
price index 26
1.6 P roductivity: UK as a percentage of the EU6 29
1.7 G DP per head 30
1.8 P roductivity comparisons: GDP per hour worked 32
1.9 E mployment rates: persons employed as percentage of
population aged 15–64 33
1.10 A nnual hours worked per employee 34
1.11 U K exports of non-oil goods as a percentage of world
exports 35
1.12 U K relative unit labour costs (2008=100) 35
1.13 U K trade balance 36
2.1 U K growth in GDP per capita faster than every other
G6 country 45
2.2 G DP per adult growth (1997=100) in UK, US, France and
Germany 46
2.3 T rends in real GDP per worker and employment per capita
(adult) relative to 1997 48
2.4 U K still lags behind in total economy productivity levels 49
2.5 S ector shares of total economy GVA 50
2.6 S ector contributions to market economy productivity
growth, UK, 1979–2007 52
2.7 S ector contributions to market economy productivity
growth, 1979–2007 53
2.8 S ources of labour productivity growth, market economy 55
2.9 G ross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) 72
3.1 U K top 1 per cent income share, 1949–2009 86
3.2 U K top 1 per cent income share and UK real FDI flows,
1970–2009 90
3.3 U K top 1 per cent income share and UK real gross FDI
flows, five-year moving averages, 1974–2009 91
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3.4 U K finance/insurance sector yearly bonuses and UK
real gross FDI flows, 2000–2012 92
5.1 O BR central long-term projection: spending, revenue and
balance 128
5.2 U nemployment as percentage of labour force (WEO
harmonised rates), media discourse (Nexis) and benefit
generosity (BSA) 136
5.3 V iews on incomes differences and spending on the
poor and the level of poverty (BSA) 137
7.1 I ndustrial breakdown of UK resident bank lending 181
7.2 S hare of manufacturing in regional output, 2011 187
8.1 LEPs in England, end of 2011 213
9.1 2 007 employment rates in EU member states plotted
against OECD EPL scores 232
9.2 2 007 unemployment rates in EU member states plotted
against OECD EPL scores 232
9.3 Q uarterly changes in long-term youth (15–24 yrs)
unemployment, 2008–2013 234
9.4 E PL and employment rate changes, Q3 2008–Q3 2009 235
11.1 R &D expenditure as a percentage of GDP of selected
economies over the period, 1980–2011 263
11.2 E xpenditure on R&D by businesses in the UK as a
percentage of GDP 264
11.3 O wnership of businesses who perform R&D in UK 266
13.1 G rowth through promoting business first 306
13.2 G rowth through decent work first: the United
Kingdom 315
List of Tables
1.1 A nnual percentage growth in export volumes 22
2.1 G rowth of GDP, GDP per person and GDP per adult,
1997–2010 45
2.2 P ublic expenditure on education as a percentage of
total GDP 64
2.3 P ercentage of 25- to 64-year old population by
educational level 65
5.1 I psos MORI combined pre-election and post-election
poll statistics 133
9.1 O ECD measures of EPL for EU member states,
2008–2013 compared 229
9.2 U nemployment rates in the EU, 2006–2012 231
11.1 V enture capital investments as a percentage of GDP 267
11.2 B eneficial ownership of UK shares by value 268
11.3 D iscretionary learning work organisations as a
percentage of the total workforce, selected European
countries 275
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