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| − | === The British economy: Smited by God for their godless slothfulness === | + | === The British economy: Smited by God === |
| − | [[File:Truss.PNG|thumbnail|201px|right|[[Liz Truss]], the former Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]], was caught on audio tape indicating that British workers lacked the "skill and application" of foreign nationals.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62571016 Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio], BBC</ref> ]]
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| − | '''See also:''' [[Essay: Godless Brits are lazy. Numbers don't lie. Get off the couch godless Brits and improve your lackluster economy|Godless Brits are lazy. Numbers don't lie. Get off the couch godless Brits and improve your lackluster economy]] and [[Atheism and sloth]]
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| − | ''''The Guardian'''': In September of 2022, ''The Guardian'' published the article UK is only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid-19.<ref>[[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/30/uk-is-only-g7-country-with-smaller-economy-than-before-covid-19 UK is only G7 country with smaller economy than before Covid-19], The Guardian, 2022</ref>
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| | '''''Reuters''''': [https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-economy-shrink-2023-risks-lost-decade-cbi-2022-12-05/ UK economy to shrink in 2023. Confederation of Business Industry forecast indicates that the UK risks a 'lost decade']. | | '''''Reuters''''': [https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-economy-shrink-2023-risks-lost-decade-cbi-2022-12-05/ UK economy to shrink in 2023. Confederation of Business Industry forecast indicates that the UK risks a 'lost decade']. |
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| − | [[Liz Truss]], the former Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]], was caught on audio tape indicating that British workers lacked the "skill and application" of foreign nationals.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62571016 Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio], BBC</ref> In response, the [[BBC]] published the news article Liz ''Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio''<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62571016 Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio], BBC</ref>
| + | In 2022, ''The Economist'' published the article [https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]. |
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| − | In 2022, ''The Economist'' published the article [https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]. Evidently, many godless, slothful Brits are reluctant to upgrade their skills to meet the current demands of the marketplace or they are too broke or lazy to implement productivity producing technology. I mention poverty in relation to a lack of investment in productivity improving technology because lazy people are often broke! | |
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| | ''The Economist'' states: "But even if the frontier is slowing, there is no iron law that says Britain cannot move closer to it. Catching up with America’s level of labour productivity would mean that Britain’s gdp per person would be £6,600 higher, for example. And even if it is hard to pin down the exact sources of the productivity slowdown in the 2010s, it is easier to identify areas where Britain has to do better in future. They fall into three big categories: investment, people and the spread of knowledge."<ref>[https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]</ref> | | ''The Economist'' states: "But even if the frontier is slowing, there is no iron law that says Britain cannot move closer to it. Catching up with America’s level of labour productivity would mean that Britain’s gdp per person would be £6,600 higher, for example. And even if it is hard to pin down the exact sources of the productivity slowdown in the 2010s, it is easier to identify areas where Britain has to do better in future. They fall into three big categories: investment, people and the spread of knowledge."<ref>[https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]</ref> |
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| − | For additional information, please see: [[Essay: Godless Brits are lazy. Numbers don't lie. Get off the couch godless Brits and improve your lackluster economy|Godless Brits are lazy. Numbers don't lie. Get off the couch godless Brits and improve your lackluster economy]]
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| − | ==== Start working more hours godless Brits. You've built up a track record of working less hours than so many countries. Shame! Get to work! ====
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| − | [[File:UK workers hours worked annually.jpg|thumbnail|center|1000px|Wikipedia's article [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours&oldid=1125058865 List of countries by average annual labor hours] states "The following list is the average annual working time per employed person (men and women) in hours in 2017. Data is not available for all countries of the world".
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| − | Using the screen capture above, please notice the the lazy citizens of the United Kingdom were ranked 51 on the list! Lazy Brits, you are not going to produce a "[[Singapore]] on the [[River Thames|Thames]]"<ref>[https://www.culs.org.uk/per-incuriam/brexit-could-singapore-on-thames-become-reality Brexit: Could “Singapore-On-Thames” Become Reality?]</ref> prosperity by being lazy. If only the lazy Brits studied as hard and worked as hard as the prosperous Singaporeans!
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| − | According to the websites Statista, "The average weekly hours worked on the main job in the United Kingdom saw no significant changes in 2021 in comparison to the previous year 2020 and remained at around 36.77 hours."<ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/419636/main-job-average-weekly-working-hours-united-kingdom-uk-y-on-y/#:~:text=The%20average%20weekly%20hours%20worked,remained%20at%20around%2036.77%20hours. Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2021]</ref>]]
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| | === Protestantism: The Protestant work ethic and economic prosperity and economic development === | | === Protestantism: The Protestant work ethic and economic prosperity and economic development === |