Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through: British Economic History
Duncan Weldon
May 3, 2024
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<p>Duncan Weldon is a British economist who currently works at The Economist newspaper. He has previously worked at the BBC and the Resolution Group. He wrote a book on UK economic history called 'Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through'. We discussed what muddling through means, popular myths about British economic history, and whether we can do better. </p><br /><p>You can buy Duncan's book here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-weldon/two-hundred-years-of-muddling-through/9780349144276/</p><br /><p>Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuncanWeldon</p><br /><p>Substack: https://duncanweldon.substack.com/</p><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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