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Jonathan Portes
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Reminder that it's not just public investment spending that generates medium/long-term benefits - so does (effective) welfare/education spending DWP just published impact/cost-benefit analysis of the Kickstart programme for young unemployed people; assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66fab2...

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What is “public investment spending”? Is that public investment? Perhaps we should call it social investment.

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Jonathan Portes
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Professor of Economics, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply
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