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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Jun 11

We need to talk about tax. My commentary on Reeves’s fiscal policy in today’s CityAM.

www.cityam.com/reeves-strai...

Reeves' straitjacket: Why Britain’s spending problem is political, not economic

Public spending should not be held hostage to the OBR’s latest spreadsheet projections, as if the future of school funding hangs on whether GDP is revised up by 0.1 per cent. Our leaders should acknow...

www.cityam.com

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Jun 9

Important intervention by the Oxford Smith School to secure a rational, forward-looking and competitive investment, resilience and economic transition plan for the UK. It's a race we can't afford to lose. Proud to be a signatory. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Jun 4

Andrew Neil interviews me on net zero. After covering green jobs, the discussion ranged from UK investment & export opportunities, China and the global bond market. A ‘sceptic’ in the past, Neil concedes that we are not going back to fossil fuels.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUN...

Andrew Neil talks to Dimitri Zenghelis on green growth

YouTube video by The Bennett Institute for Public Policy

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Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · May 23

As a co-signatory of this letter to the @financialtimes.com, @dimitrizz.bsky.social says “the last 15 years have taught us that the UK cannot cut its way to growth”.
archive.ph/5v9xT

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Important 'first of a kind paper', using comparative capital stock data, laying bare the UK's massive investment challenge.

The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · Jun 2

A new research paper from Tera Allas and Dimitri Zenghelis explores why the UK invests less in capital than its international peers - and what that means for our long-term productivity. Read the summary blog and full paper here www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...

#productivity #ukproductivity

Mind the capital gap: British citizens are poorer because UK workers are denied capital - The Productivity Institute

British workers are operating with a third less capital per hour worked than their counterparts abroad, finds new research by Tera Allas and Dimitri Zenghelis.

www.productivity.ac.uk

dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · May 9

No paywall. Free, but you need an email and password like most media streaming services.

dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · May 9

15 minute interview w. Andrew Neil ‘Times at One’. He asked good questions, once we moved off his fixation with a narrow definition of green jobs. I got him to accept that we are not going back to fossil fuels! 19':20'' And a free tutorial on bond markets.
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

The Times at One with Andrew Neil | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times

Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.

www.thetimes.com

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Mar 21

“the last 15 years have taught us that the UK cannot cut its way to growth”. @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social

Invest In Britain @investinbritain.bsky.social · Mar 21

A group of the UK’s most distinguished economists have written to the Chancellor, warning her that new cuts to spending or investment at the Spring Statement would be a “profound mistake”: www.ft.com/content/4b0d...

Letter: A plea to the chancellor to avoid more spending cuts

From Professor Mariana Mazzucato and others

www.ft.com

dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Mar 16

Congratulations to Mark Carney on becoming Canada’s new PM. Here’s our discussion from a few years back when, as Governor of the Bank or England, Mark was spearheading new institutional arrangements to transition the world economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Yc... @granthamlse.bsky.social

MMF Policy Conference 2021 - Talk by Mark Carney

YouTube video by MMF Society

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Mar 16

Congratulations to Mark Carney on becoming Canada’s new PM. Here’s our discussion from a few years back when, as Governor of the Bank or England, Mark was spearheading new institutional arrangements to transition the world economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Yc... @bennettinstitute.bsky.social

MMF Policy Conference 2021 - Talk by Mark Carney

YouTube video by MMF Society

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Mar 13

What does Trump really mean for the world economic outlook and how are risks and opportunities changing? Be prepared. It’s all here. independent-economics.com/wp-content/u... @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social @cisl.cam.ac.uk

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Mar 6

Austerity is bad investment. The UK is not a public debt/deficit outlier, it’s stagflation outlier. Government must invest now in growth. Cutting our way out of debt will only entrench stagnation and failure. www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst... @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social

Unleashing growth in the UK: time to break the fiscal chains - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Dimitri Zenghelis outlines what a smarter fiscal strategy for Britain would look like – one that eschews austerity and champions investment in intelligent, sustainable and resilient growth.

www.lse.ac.uk

dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Feb 3

It did respond to my feedback:

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Feb 3

Chat GPT designs a flyer for speaking and coaching. Not sure it highlighted my strongest attributes.

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dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Jan 31

New govt has taken on some recommends from our report 1 yr ago, eg amending fiscal rules. But not others: it taxed business and saving rather than consumption. We warned this wd crowd out private investment & undermine productivity growth. @granthamlse.bsky.social cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

Boosting growth and productivity in the United Kingdom through investments in the sustainable economy

It is now widely accepted that the UK has a major productivity growth problem, with chronic underinvestment across both the public and private sectors being a key cause. Continued low public investment, as laid out in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement of 2023, and ongoing barriers to business investment in productive and sustainable assets, are inconsistent with success in international markets and will likely lead to more stagnation. Investing in the opportunities afforded by the global transition to an efficient, resilient and inclusive economy needs to be a bigger part of restoring productivity and output growth for the UK to gain a competitive lead in the innovative markets of the 21st century.

cep.lse.ac.uk

dimitrizz.bsky.social @dimitrizz.bsky.social · Jan 9

Reeves's economic policy continues to struggle into 2025. Before xmas, I wrote about how, unless it slays its election taboos and raises VAT to allow rates to fall & investment to rise, it risks being a 1-term wonder. @bennettinstitute.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social @cisl.cam.ac.uk

Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Dec 23

In a 2-part blog, Dimitri Zenghelis explores why the Autumn Budget, despite good intentions, could never deliver Rachel Reeve's expected UK growth boost and what the government can do to restore its plan for UK investment, productivity and growth.
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/uk-inve...

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