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Why is technology not making us more productive? (www.bbc.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] pickle_party247 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The UK has a poor investment culture. Funds are concentrated into unproductive areas like landbanking and housing development because they have the largest return in our ridiculous property market, while investment into actual emerging technology development is neglected and the UK ends up as a client nation to the US.