The country that gave rise to industry - making a powerful contribution to show the world how to create wealth through mass production - strangely seems to have grown tired(?) of it.
To believe finance plus associated services and other might permanently sustain a nation of over 60 million always appeared short-sighted to me.
No matter how highly specialized, the City and its outgrowths in the Southeast cannot provide most of government revenue and the jobs required.
I'm not sure that its share of GDP can increase quickly enough. Structural changes that occurred over the last 3-4 decades would make an arrest to the decline a feat deserving of celebration.
A reversal would call for a much bigger party.
British business should take heed harnessing the country's still vast resources both in capital and skilled manpower to answer the call.
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