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FT - Chris Giles - Britain's misplaced sense of economic superiority

Britain is traditionally confident about its economic place on the planet. With the fifth-largest economy in the world, the UK cleverly combines American levels of taxation with a European welfare state. Theresa May repeated 11 times in parliament on Wednesday that the country boasted a "strong economy" that depended on her "strong and stable leadership".

On some counts, the prime minister is correct. Britain's economy is no basket case but as a nation we suffer from misplaced economic superiority and exaggeration of our success. It is time for some truth telling.



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by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Apr 30th, 2017 at 10:14:41 AM EST

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