2. the FT on the UK productivity puzzle: Osborne's unorthodox solution to the UK productivitypuzzle
3. Creative destruction, the London Knowledge Centre is closing. And a letter in the FT makes the point that
If they really want to learn something useful, these people should learn Chinese as they will only need to show knowledge of 2,600 characters to pass instead of 25,000 street names and locations for “the Knowledge".