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Mihir Sharma: The British PM’s proposals to unlock economic growth in the country could end up as a recipe for decline

Mihir Sharma: The British PM’s proposals to unlock economic growth in the country could end up as a recipe for decline

Mihir Sharma: The British PM’s proposals to unlock economic growth in the country could end up as a recipe for decline


He also offered up “a theory of growth,” sharing it with the same passion that ran through the rest of his pitch. But—unlike with the EU, social care and voting reform—he didn’t seem open to a conversation about this. The PM’s mind is made up on growth. And that’s a problem because his theory of how to reboot the economy is, at best, thin. At worst it’s a recipe for decline.