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Prosperity Through Growth: Boosting Living Standards in an Age of Autocracy and AI
Prosperity Through Growth is a primer for reviving the UK economy, co-authored by some of our finest economic celebrated US economist Dr Arthur B. Laffer, inventor of the Laffer curve; policy campaigner Matthew Elliott; businessman Michael Hintze; and founder of the Centre for Economics and Business Research Douglas McWilliams.
It begins by setting out the principles of ideal economic policy – the 'North Star' of prosperity through growth – and applies them to the UK's current position. The thinking takes account of the age of autocracy and AI, in which political decisions in democracies are constrained and talented and entrepreneurial people are increasingly mobile, making economic incentives even more important.
The final section draws on interviews with more than thirty economic decision-makers from the worlds of business, politics and the civil service, including five Prime Ministers and nine Chancellors. The interviews give insights into the economic and political causes of low growth and provide a strategy for implementing a pro-growth agenda.
Specially commissioned research shows how the UK is forecast to slide down the league table of GDP per capita over the next twenty-five years. The book argues that such a slide is not inevitable and outlines a fully costed and modelled '24/7 Growth Plan' to show how the decline can be averted.
It begins by setting out the principles of ideal economic policy – the 'North Star' of prosperity through growth – and applies them to the UK's current position. The thinking takes account of the age of autocracy and AI, in which political decisions in democracies are constrained and talented and entrepreneurial people are increasingly mobile, making economic incentives even more important.
The final section draws on interviews with more than thirty economic decision-makers from the worlds of business, politics and the civil service, including five Prime Ministers and nine Chancellors. The interviews give insights into the economic and political causes of low growth and provide a strategy for implementing a pro-growth agenda.
Specially commissioned research shows how the UK is forecast to slide down the league table of GDP per capita over the next twenty-five years. The book argues that such a slide is not inevitable and outlines a fully costed and modelled '24/7 Growth Plan' to show how the decline can be averted.
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Published October 7, 2025
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December 20, 2025
This is an interesting set of discussions which combine pretty good theory building on the sources of growth in the UK and the policies necessary to achieve that growth. The proposals, if achieved, could bring substantial changes to the UK. The second part of the book is a series of interviews with both academics and leading UK political figures discussing their experiences and their expectations of how to achieve growth.
The issues raised about the UK are common in all democracies in the OECD. The UKs growth rate in the second quarter was just .1% and the debt to GDP ratio is 95%. Both of those - low growth and high debt to GDP ratios are common.
My concern about this book is how and whether it is possible to get the entire package or even a substantial portion of the package adopted. It is a question that is being asked in many developed countries today.
The issues raised about the UK are common in all democracies in the OECD. The UKs growth rate in the second quarter was just .1% and the debt to GDP ratio is 95%. Both of those - low growth and high debt to GDP ratios are common.
My concern about this book is how and whether it is possible to get the entire package or even a substantial portion of the package adopted. It is a question that is being asked in many developed countries today.
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