How to level up the north
Editorial
The Economist
Second-tier cities usually have productivity that “matches or exceeds the national average”, says The Economist. In Britain, it’s lower. Manchester, with its 3.4 million inhabitants, is as populous as Amsterdam, Hamburg and San Diego, but its GDP per head is at least 25% lower than all three. Such “huge imbalances” are bad for growth. Successive prime ministers have highlighted the problem and promised to tackle it, but the regions still await a “cure”. Much
