Essential reading on why the North of England has become so poor. Some deep historical reasons, & some very bad policy decisions in the last 40 years
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Tom Forth
It is now finished (except for links, which I'll add in the coming week). This is 7500 words on Why North England is poor. Are you sure you're ready? tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
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Also manufacturing.
It's also the source of my raging contempt for Britain's corporate and investor culture. Grasping, craven and hugely short-sighted (and also instinctively hostile to scale in engineering and manufacturing where it is a necessity).