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McRae on how Brown blew it

Jim Riley

24th September 2008

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There’s a great article by Hamish McRae in today’s Independent on Gordon Brown’s record of economic management. It would serve as an excellent introduction to anyone studying political economy, or as part of the UK issues course for Edexcel. As McRae states, echoing what the PM said at yesterday’s speech in Manchester, politicians are more or less powerles in the face of global economic forces. But if Brown was happy to take credit for the long period of economic growth (“no return to boom and bust” etc) then he must accept some of the blame for when things have gone wrong.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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