Economics class: Are Jeremy Hunt’s plans really a ‘Budget for growth’?
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Economic cycle, unemployment and the participation rate, supply-side policies, fiscal policy
Click to listen to the podcast below and then answer the questions:
Are Jeremy Hunt’s plans really a ‘Budget for growth’?
What is a technical recession?
In a nutshell, how does Chris Giles, FT economics correspondent, summarise the current state of the UK economy?
Identify the factors contributing to the UK’s ever-increasing tax burden
Explain the deadweight welfare loss associated with the chancellor’s childcare policy
Explain what has happened to the lifetime allowance on pensions
Evaluate the extent to which this was a budget for growth and investment
Gavin Clarke, Emmanuel College
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