After a long lead-up, the economic roundtable attendees are descending on the capital. But what can we expect from it? The treasurer has laid out his vision.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers - and much of the political class - have been waxing lyrical about ditching red tape that impedes progress. But it’s not easy to pull off.
Government R&D encompasses all innovative work the government directly pays for, regardless of who does it.
If you drop advanced AI into a dumb organisation, it won’t make it smart. It will just help the organisation do dumb stuff more efficiently (in other words, quicker).
If the UK government is serious about levelling up the country, granting its second-tier cities more political and financial independence would be a good place to start.
This idea environmental regulation hurts the economy is deeply entrenched in pro-business discourse. Our analysis of 22 nations suggest, in the long term, the opposite is true.
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