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Going South: Why Britain Will Have A Third World Economy by 2014

By Larry Elliott & Dan Atkinson. Paigrave Macmillan [pounds sterling]14.99

The authors seek to explain why, for more than a century, Britain has been in denial about its decline and may well join the developing world if current trends continue. Full of insights about the economics, politics and popular culture of today's Britain, this book aims to ring alarm bells about where Britain is heading - before it's too late. Here is a synopsis:

  1. The UK is in a worse position than other elderly European economics because of an unhealthy balance of payments.

  2. Educational performance has been dropping down the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment tables, while Poland and other eastern European countries have been improving.

  3. Former prime ministers Margaret...

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