So I wrote a thing.
Here is the gist. My provocation was a bit of heresy aimed at my own tribe of decent, evidence-driven, apolitical policy wonks who quite sensibly worship at the altar of the arms-length institution, the predictable rule, politics-free decisions and so on ... 1/
@productivity.bsky.socialWith tomorrow's Spending Review looming, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk's @gilesyb.bsky.social warns the real productivity issue isn’t policy ideas, but the system’s inability to deliver. Is it just centralisation, or is govt now too complex to act? productivity.ac.uk/news/low-acc...
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Low accountability institutionalism: my darkest fear - The Productivity Institute
Giles Wilkes argues that the UK's productivity crisis stems less from weak ideas and more from a government unable to turn policy into action.
