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Article: Treasury flunked challenge posed by Ulster's economy ; Sir George Quigley, chairman of the Industrial Task Force argues that Sir David Varney has failed to answer the question of how Northern Ireland's economy can be sustained
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- Belfast Telegraph
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- December 18, 2007
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What the Executive, with widespread support, was proposing
entailed a radical policy shift of the kind which has been
successfully adopted by small countries all over the world which are
seeking to get onto a new economic trajectory. It has worked for
them and of course, particularly well for the Republic.
It seems to be the Treasury view, that for some reason it would
not work for us, or is not needed by us, and that it is better to
continue with what are largely existing policies.
The Review has prudently refrained from saying what these
policies would do to close the wealth and productivity gaps between
Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK because, on the Government's
calculations this ...