RE: the american dream?20 May 2018 11:49
Kern,i think most of your dreams would be answered by higher productivity.Low wage policy will suck in labour from around the world if your own is fully utilised.It is essential the UK puts productivity as its highest goal whether in the EU or world trade,our robots can compete with any cheap workforce.
The size of our workforce can be tweaked by extending higher education,proper apprenticeships or even the dreams from the 1960/70s of reducing the retirement age.
Currently it takes 1 frenchman to change a lightbulb while 1.25 Brits.
With regards to over crowding this island always has been and the car changed everything.
Many of the new builds where i live lack any gardens so there is no in between the house and jumping in the car to go out.The current house build policy is designed to put pressure on public open space.