Snapshot · Modern Wisdom
Jimmy Carr claims approximately 1 in 3 viable pregnancies in the UK now end in abortion, suggesting people feel they cannot build families in current conditions.
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This is the episode's most policy-dense chapter. Jimmy's diagnosis is that fiddling with income tax rates by 2% or tweaking stamp duty is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Real national competitiveness depends on four structural levers: currency, energy, regulation, and tax. His prescription: devalue the pound (it's overvalued, which is why a pint costs £7.50 in London); commit to a 20-year nuclear energy programme modelled on France's 1970s build-out of 56 plants; slash regulation (the UK's current regulatory environment resembles the late Soviet Union); and introduce a flat rate of tax inspired by Estonia's single-form, no-repeat-data, flat-rate system. For America, he's more concise: open primaries to force candidates toward the centre, and term limits to prevent the permanent political class. The American Constitution is brilliant technology — but it has to be actively worked, not left to sit there. [1] — Jimmy Carr "Two percent adjustments to income tax and stamp duty tweaks are deck-chair rearrangements. The UK's competitiveness hinges on four structur…" 1:40:20
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