Nick O'Donovan n.j.odonovan@keele.ac.uk
High-skill, high-wage hubris: why social investment doesn’t guarantee shared prosperity
O'Donovan, Nick
Authors
Abstract
The government aims to shift the UK towards a high-skill, high-wage growth model, based on investment in education. Nick O’Donovan explores how this ambition was shared by New Labour politicians in the 1990s, and what lessons we can learn from the shortcomings of that agenda.
Citation
O'Donovan, N. (2022). High-skill, high-wage hubris: why social investment doesn’t guarantee shared prosperity. [Blog style article]
| Digital Artefact Type | Website Content |
|---|---|
| Online Publication Date | Jan 10, 2022 |
| Publication Date | Jan 10, 2022 |
| Deposit Date | Feb 29, 2024 |
| Publisher URL | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/uk-growth-models/ |
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