BBCNEWS Political Thinking with Nick... June 4, 2024 01:53:00
I think there's a very good case for saying you should make big changes to the economy. but they need to be long—term, sustainable, and carefully put in place. there isn't a free lunch sitting out there. it's not the case that every policymaker in the world has been so stupid that they did not work out that the one thing you could do was slash taxes and everything would be fine, or massively increase of public spending and everything would be fine, it is just harder than that. you've done thisjob for a long time. in future, could you be involved in policy—making? you don't have to be a fro...