Good @resfoundation report on UK productivity rebound (spoiler: it's not due to tax rises ) www.theguardian.com/business/202... Consistent with our @POID_LSE analysis - update here cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa...

UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds

Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis

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Interesting keynote from @johnvanreenen.bsky.social. Professor Van Reenen has collaborated on various pieces of ESCoE work on measuring management practices, firm performance, and economic productivity. Find out more: shorturl.at/xhEer

Royal Economic Society@resmedia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How can the UK get back to stronger #productivity growth? In his #RES2026 keynote, Prof. @johnvanreenen.bsky.social explored how innovation policy can support growth, from industrial strategy and defence R&D to inequality and AI. Read more: bit.ly/4xNVeZH #EconSky

This is great - strong planning reform from UK government to give default ‘yes’ to housing around commuter rail stations. www.economist.com/britain/2026... Builds on our NPPF housing planning reforms in Dec 2024 that OBR scored to raise GDP by 0.4% obr.uk/efo/economic...

Two toots for England’s planning overhaul

A bold supply-side reform from this Labour government? Yes, really

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People finally accepting that UK showing productivity improvement - me in @FT www.ft.com/content/6c35... @poid_lse Underlying research poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS... Our policies of stable fiscal framework, investment boost, planning reform helping blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

UK finally showing signs of productivity growth, say economists

Better output figures are a fillip to chancellor John Healey and come after years of underperformance

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Making Defence Spending Pay - @johnvanreenen.bsky.social interviewed by Tim Phillips cepr.org/multimedia/m... via @cepr.org

Making Defence Spending Pay

Defence spending is rising whether voters like it or not. The UK has committed to 2.5% of national income and aims for nearer 3.5% over the next decade, £30bn a year for each percentage point. What do...

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"UK national productivity trends: getting the data right" Read the latest @cep-lse.bsky.social #OccasionalPabyper by Niki Barbas, @asvalero.bsky.social and @johnvanreenen.bsky.social poid.lse.ac.uk/PUBLICATIONS...

A new @poidcast.bsky.social episode is out with Alexander Whalley from #EconCalgary - we talked about his academic journey, fav econ papers, Cold War and space race between the US & USSR, large R&D programs and more! @cep-lse.bsky.social @johnvanreenen.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6LJZ...

S3 E8: Space Race, Cold War, and Public R&D Policies with Alex Whalley from the University of Calgary

The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast · Episode

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New @ONS numbers today confirms that UK productivity growth continues its recovery (need to use reliable admin RTI not LFS). www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan... Consistent with what we found using data through 2026Q1 www.theguardian.com/business/202... Details @poid_lse cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa...

Agnes Norris Keiller, @johnvanreenen.bsky.social and I have recently issued a revision for our on "Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data”! Here comes a short thread on what we do in the paper. @ucleconomics.bsky.social @poid-lse.bsky.social (1/9)

Research on economy-wide productivity and markup trends often relies on production function estimation, which can be more of an art than a science. Read Agnes', @paulaaureo.bsky.social's and @johnvanreenen.bsky.social's fantastic paper on how we can use subjective expectations data to improve it.

Aureo de Paula@paulaaureo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Agnes Norris Keiller, @johnvanreenen.bsky.social and I have recently issued a revision for our on "Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data”! Here comes a short thread on what we do in the paper. @ucleconomics.bsky.social @poid-lse.bsky.social (1/9)

My @FT piece today on the case for PM Burnham keeping Reeves as Chancellor www.ft.com/content/6104...

Letter: Why Burnham should keep Reeves as chancellor

From John Van Reenen, Ronald Coase School Professor, LSE; and Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers to the Chancellor (2024-25), London WC2, UK

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Is the UK enjoying a productivity rebound? The Financial Times reference @johnvanreenen.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social post where he made the case for how this Labour government is overseeing productivity growth www.ft.com/content/161a...

Is the UK enjoying a productivity rebound?

One way to find out would be to test if faster growth and lower unemployment are possible without inflation

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@johnvanreenen.bsky.social joins @talknormal.co.uk for the latest #VoxTalks Economics to discuss whether defence spending can be pro-growth. John argues that as spending rises, governments should focus on making it innovation-rich to maximise benefits. 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/8mN550ZeFEb #EconSky

New figures published by the ONS suggest that the UK economy is doing better than expected: GDP grew by 0.3% in March, after economists forecast it would shrink by 0.2%. @johnvanreenen.bsky.social argues this Labour government is overseeing productivity growth on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

A more productive economy is being delivered under this Labour government | LSE British Politics

The Labour government set raising economic growth as its central target. The new figures published by the Office for National Statistics suggest that the economy is doing a lot better than expected.

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Is Labour having a meltdown just as the economy turns a corner?

John Van Reenen@johnvanreenen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Some positive news on UK productivity under Labour. My new post blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp... @johnvanreenen.bsky.social flags up impressive increases in output per worker under Labour/Reeves Since flagging productivity has been the UK disease for decades, this seems worthy of remark. @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

A more productive economy is being delivered under this Labour government | LSE British Politics

The Labour government set raising economic growth as its central target. The new figures published by the Office for National Statistics suggest that the economy is doing a lot better than expected.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Register now for the CEPR RPN on Growth, Innovation, and Social Model in Europe - Inaugural Workshop 4 June 2026 @college-de-france.fr Deadline to register: 22 May Keynotes: @johnvanreenen.bsky.social & Ufuk Akcigit Organisers: Philippe Aghion & Alexandra Roulet ow.ly/phCH50Z25qx #EconSky #EconConf

Some positive news on UK productivity under Labour. My new post blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

A more productive economy is being delivered under this Labour government | LSE British Politics

The Labour government set raising economic growth as its central target. The new figures published by the Office for National Statistics suggest that the economy is doing a lot better than expected.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

This year's Empirical Management Conference is at Stanford, May 27-29! Send us your best papers! Details and submission form here: worldmanagementsurvey.org/emc2026/ JOIN US!! It's fun, I promise! @raffasadun.bsky.social @johnvanreenen.bsky.social @renatalemos.bsky.social @nickbloom.bsky.social

Nice piece by @asvalero.bsky.social & @johnvanreenen.bsky.social making the case for green industrial policy in the UK onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A new special edition of @IPPR Progressive Review on modern supply side economics is out today. Includes my piece with @johnvanreenen.bsky.social on how to embed green industrial policy in a growth strategy, and lots more... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25732331...

The issue features pieces from UK and intl leading thinkers on all aspects of the new emerging economic consensus Including 👉@drodrik.bsky.social & @huwspencer.bsky.social on productivism 👉Greg Clark MP, David Edgerton, @asvalero.bsky.social & @johnvanreenen.bsky.social on industrial strategy

Interactive companion website here

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That's how to do it, America.

Please Follow the Official AP News Account@apnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 3y ago

Sierra Leone’s former president charged with treason for alleged involvement in failed coup attempt

New post: The case for increasing government debt to green the economy is greater than for increasing debt during the pandemic mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-... Yet strangely we do not seem to be having this conversation about the biggest global crisis facing the world today.

Y'days post: How a Labour government could be the tipping point for public discussion about immigration mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2023/12/how-... Any government that talks the talk on reducing immigration but fails to bring numbers down to protect the economy is storing up trouble for itself.

Today we launched The Productivity Agenda a paper edited by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & featuring content from experts on UK productivity. Great panel event & video will be available soon. In the meantime, here is the publication www.productivity.ac.uk/wp-content/u... #productivityweek

How to embed green industrial policy in a UK growth strategy buff.ly/47AOf9P My new piece for @IPPR volume with @asvalero @poid_lse @cep_lse

Chronic under-investment in capital and skills has led to 15 years of productivity slowdown in the UK. New POID/CEP analysis from @johnvanreenen.bsky.social and Xuyi Yang: cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/publica...

Start the week with some productivity analysis. @johnvanreenen.bsky.social @asvalero.bsky.social Monday 27th November 13.00-14.00 cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/events/...

Cracking the productivity code: policies for sustainable growth | John Van Reenen, Anna Valero, Ba...

An event from the CEP Public Events series organised by the CEP

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