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It's the cost of living, stupid: Why progressives lose and win

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UK households are impatient for change. Trust in our political system is low and that’s reflected in scepticism across the board that government can make things better. 

The sense that the public both in the UK and abroad are losing out from the current economic model is one of the driving reasons for this, and global instability has only made it starker. 

The challenge now is how can progressives address this scepticism and pessimism, and what role does economic policy play? To answer this, we look across recent progressive governments in the US, Spain, Australia and Germany. We find core lessons from these examples that we recommend the government should apply to its economic and industrial policies.

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