HARD REBOOT: Turning the economy off and on again?

<p>After an economic shock that’s unique in human history, how can we rebuild Britain’s businesses and public finances? How are we going to pay off a national debt unseen outside of wartime? <strong>Ian Mulheirn, </strong>Chief Economist of Renewing the Centre at the Tony Blair Institute, tells Naomi Smith about the hard choices ahead in a world without rules.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“This is the first time ever that governments have actively decided to switch the economy off.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“We won’t be as worried about paying this debt off as we might have been in the past. We’ll just have to live with it.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“This is what the State is for. It’s for safeguarding livelihoods and lives in times of crisis.”&nbsp;</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Naomi Smith. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. <strong>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.&nbsp;</strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>