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The UK Productivity Issue
Geoff Riley
15th November 2015
The British economy has suffered for many years from a persistent productivity gap. Output per person employed has remained well below the level of many of the UK's major competitor nations. Why is this? What policies might be most effective in closing the productivity gap?
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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