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Whereas countries like Japan and Germany suffer from a shrinking, aging population, Britain is experiencing a new baby boom. We should learn from the optimism of growing countries like Brazil, and be assured that our best days can still lie ahead. Rather than growing old and comfortable, Britain must be prepared to think like a young country, ready to work hard and to take risks.
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Paul Krugman, The Myth of Asia’s Miracle (1994).
Frédéric Docquier, B. Lindsay Lowell and Abdeslam Marfouk, A Gendered Assessment of Highly Skilled Emigration (2009).
Max Wind-Cowie and Thomas Gregor, A Place for Pride (Demos, 2011).
David Willetts, The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children’s Future — And Why They Should Give it Back (Atlantic Books, 2010).
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© 2012 Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and Elizabeth Truss
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Kwarteng, K., Patel, P., Raab, D., Skidmore, C., Truss, E. (2012). Britannia Unchained. In: Britannia Unchained. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137032249_7
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