Play it Again Clem? Lessons from the 1940s for Post-COVID Britain
What are the lessons we should learn, how successful were the policies of the time, and should we really try to go back to the future?
What are the lessons we should learn, how successful were the policies of the time, and should we really try to go back to the future?
Thursday 6 October 2022 | 1 hour 28 minutes 16 seconds
After World War 2, Britain faced issues which are familiar today: strengthening the welfare state, dealing with an inflated public debt, improving productivity performance, underpinning support for the market economy, and credibly promising a better future. The Attlee government has been widely praised for its handling of this difficult situation and it is often said that we should remember the lessons of the 1940s.