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Politicians keep talking about how we need to give growth a boost. Liz Truss made it the central mission of her short-lived government. The Labour leader Keir Starmer, as he prepares for government, has promised, somewhat implausibly, to make the UK the fastest-growing economy in the G7. Business leaders keep telling us we need to prioritise it. We can all disagree about how to achieve it. But the desirability of growth