A lost decade worse than Japan’s threatens to change UK forever
Crumbling infrastructure and overstretched services are symbols of Britain’s economic stagnation since the 2016 Brexit vote
12 March 2023 - 19:54
As the UK buckles under the strain of anaemic growth, strikes, fraying infrastructure and record hospital waiting lists, Jason James thinks back to another economic crisis that dominated an earlier part of his banking career: Japan’s infamous “lost decade”...
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