The election manifestos published in the second week of June 2024 sparsely recognise the importance of productivity. This is perhaps because it's not the most glamorous topic for voters to be excited about being canvassed on their doorstep. But for any incoming government, productivity will need to run through the core of the policy agenda in the coming years.

Host Professor Bart van Ark is joined by:

Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.Dame Diane Coyle, Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, and Co-Director of The Productivity Institute.Andy Westwood, Policy Director at The Productivity Institute and Professor of Government Practice at The University of Manchester.

For more information on the topic:

B. van Ark, N. Pike (2024) Election 2024: A productivity plan for the next UK Government, The Productivity Institute.D. Coyle, B. van Ark, J. Pendrill (2023) The Productivity Agenda, The Productivity Institute.B. van Ark, K. de Vries and D. Pilat (2023), Are Pro-Productivity Policies Fit for Purpose? Productivity Drivers and Policies in G-20 Economies, Working Paper No. 38, The Productivity Institute.

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Productivity Puzzles is brought to you by The Productivity Institute, a research body involving nine academic institutions across the UK, eight Regional Productivity Forums throughout the nation, and a national independent Productivity Commission to advise policy makers at all levels of government. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.