Britain’s Productivity Decline Is the Worst in 250 Years

Re:Britain’s Productivity Decline Is the Worst in 250 Years by bildung on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @06:41AM (#22234483)

Sadly there was no successful run. While this made unemployment rates look better, it has been shown that the absolute amount of hours worked hasn't increased in that period. In other words: 1 good job became 2 bad jobs, which meant less contributions into welfare and pension funds (both of which are essentially federal, not company based in Germany).

It also lowered aggregate demand, and this lack of domestic demand partly explains why Germany has so many problems recovering from the crisis.

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Re:Britain’s Productivity Decline Is the Worst in 250 Years by lazyjones on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @09:51AM (#22236111)

> Sadly there was no successful run.

Depends how you look at it - they certainly had an impressive account surplus, for 4 consecutive years (currently world leading $293b).

> 1 good job became 2 bad jobs, which meant less contributions into welfare and pension funds

This means lower contributions but also much lower payout for welfare.

> this lack of domestic demand partly explains why Germany has so many problems recovering from the crisis.

AFAICT domestic demand in Germany is still strong, but clearly attempting to boost it through welfare proved to be an inferior strategy.

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