Trenchant from @TimHarford In AI, biomedicine and the creative arts, the UK is still at or near the global cutting edge; we can still aim for economic leadership. "But overrating the UK’s economic power has become an excuse for self-inflicted injuries" https://t.co/p2vwsLUz8U
Last week @civic_future held a two day conference on economic growth and why Britain doesn't get enough of it. It was fascinating, depressing, and heartening all at once. Here's a 🧵of my impressions.
"Clear thinking on supporting the basics for the long term, including education, is the way that the UK might become a collaborative tech superpower within Western alliances." UK should do better #tech#inovation https://t.co/zsMe4WycBB #worldclass#universities
'world-leading? There is some way to go before UK science can truly claim a spot on the podium' Challenging piece @anjahuja citing a paper by @Nightingale_P & James Phillips @ucl https://t.co/vnskkii2bS
🥃🥃 To celebrate Burns night, we produced a special episode of @JimmysJobs looking at the jobs and economics of Scotch Whisky
🏴Scotch Whisky accounts for 22% of TOTAL UK food and drink exports 🇬🇧
A thread on the rest on the history and economic footprint 👇👇 🧵 /1
The global boom in Scottish whisky sales. There are now more distilleries in Scotland than in the past 70 years. https://t.co/xcfzLqqs3C #scotland#whisky#worldclass