Rebalancing the British Economy
Published on 11. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-1-906837-47-1 (ISBN)
Description
Part 1 is devoted to an analysis of what a balanced role for financial services might be and how to achieve it, and includes contributions from Tony Greenham, Dr David Green, Wolfgang Neumann, Chris Cummings and Stuart Fraser. Part 2 looks at the role and size of the state and asks whether there is a growth-maximising level of public spending. Contributors include Roger Bootle, Professor Karel Williams, Jonathan Portes and Chris Giles. Part 3 looks at the greater role for Britain's manufacturing sector in a rebalanced economy and includes contributions from Tristram Hunt, Lord Mandelson, Professor David Bailey, Terry Scuoler and Dr Elizabeth Garnsey. Part 4 examines the extent to which export-led growth can rebalance the current account. Contributors include Jo Johnson, Sir Alan Rudge, Will Butler-Adams and David Tinsley. Part 5 discusses an entirely different sort of rebalancing, that of the nation's boardrooms, and includes contributions from Helena Morrissey, Julia Hobsbawm and Jan Hall
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
illustrations (colour)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-906837-47-1 (9781906837471)
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Persons
Tristram Hunt is Member of Parliament (Labour Party) for Stoke-on-Trent Central and Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is a Member of the Select Committee on Political and Constitutional Reform and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Energy Intensive Industries. He is the author of The English Civil War: At First Hand (2002), Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City (2004), and the award-winning biography, The Frock-coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels (2009). Previously, he was Special Adviser to Science Minister Lord Sainsbury (1997-2000), Associate Fellow at the Centre for History and Economics, King's College, Cambridge and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research. Since entering Parliament, Tristram Hunt has focused on the regeneration needs of Stoke-on-Trent; the ceramics industry and energy intensive sector; educational excellence; constitutional reform; and the Labour Party policy review. He is a trustee of the History of Parliament Trust and fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Content
Part 1: A Balanced Role for Financial Services 1 Re-invigorating the Banking Industry by Tony Greenham 2 Three Solutions to the Funding Crisis in the UK by Dr. David G. Green 3 The German Model - An Analysis by Wolfgang Neumann 4 Brand UK: The International Appeal by Chris Cummings 5 Risk-taking for the Future by Stuart Fraser Part 2: Rebalancing the Role of the State 6 An Enhanced State by Roger Bootle 7 Crowding Out, or Filling In? by Professor Karel Williams 8 The Future of the State by Jonathan Portes 9 The Core Functions of the State by Chris Giles Part 3: Rebalancing Sectorally - Encouraging Competitiveness in Manufacturing 10 Rebalancing, Reshoring and Creating an Industrial Commons by Tristram Hunt MP 11 A Strategic Role for Government by Lord Mandelson 12 Strategies for Rebalancing by Professor David Bailey 13 Rebalancing through Export-Led Manufacturing by Terry Scuoler 14 Reconstructing the Economy through New Forms of Manufacturing-Service Innovation: The Cambridge Technology Cluster Example by Dr. Elizabeth Garnsey Part 4: Balancing the Current Account: Generating Export-Led Growth 15 Engaging India: Reconnecting through Trade and Investment by Jo Johnson MP 16 Closing the Trade Gap by Sir Alan Rudge 17 Promoting the Engineering Profession by Will Butler-Adams 18 An Economist's Perspective by David Tinsley Part 5: Rebalancing the Boardroom: Diversity and Remuneration 19 Improving Diversity in the Boardroom: The Experience of the 30% Club by Helena Morrissey 20 'Marzipan Managers', Diversity and Productivity by Julia Hobsbawm 21 Executive Remuneration and Diversity by Jan Hall