This edition of the programme considered the future of economic growth.  Professor Dorling explained there had been a slowdown in the rate of growth, as measured by GDP, since the Second World War but argued the UK had reached a level, as “one of the richest large countries in the world”, where we have “enough of physical products and capability and productivity to get what everybody needs”. The problem, he suggested, was that it was badly distributed, with the UK having the highest income inequality in Europe.  Regardless of what measurement Professor Dorling had in mind when he described the UK as “one of the richest large countries”, in the ECU’s view  listeners would have understood that he believed the UK needed to distribute its existing resources more effectively rather than strive for further economic growth.  In the context of a debate about economic growth listeners would therefore not have been misled.
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