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Hugo Bessis

@HugoBessis

Economic geography, urban policies, local taxation and the rest Work at @OxfordEconomics

 London, England
Joined June 2015
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This reporting from Japan is a great corrective to the "robots will replace all jobs" narrative. Some so-called "low-skilled" work is actually really hard to automate. By @siddshrikanth & @Urbandirt ft.com/content/beece6b8-4b1a…
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With a growth in automation and high streets in decline, is the future of the economy threatening local taxation? @HugoBessis from the @CentreforCities explores in our latest guest blog: wcpp.org.uk/commentary/is-th…
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#Cities have shouldered 74% of all #localgovernment #austerity cuts since 2009, despite housing just 54% of the population. Find out which places have been impacted most in #CitiesOutlook2019: bit.ly/2Dy0SGZ
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There is ***so*** much to love in this brilliant @WSJGraphics charty-slide-deck™ on China's rise to trading dominance wsj.com/graphics/china-emerg… • Short, snappy slides delivering clear messages • Elegant charts • Slick animations • Beautifully simple interface HT @_alice_evans
China: Emergence of a Trade Leviathan

China: Emergence of a Trade Leviathan

China has demolished its rivals to produce much of what Americans consume. The country's rise, and the Trump Administration’s decision to confront it head on, has put the economic powers on a...

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Friday Cities #brainteaser set by @LindellJuliana > The @bankofengland has warned that a #nodeal #Brexit would be worse than the 2008 financial crisis – which UK city has had the highest level of business closures since 2008? Find out using our data tool: bit.ly/2s86hyt
31%Glasgow
38%Slough
31%Aberdeen
13 votes • Final results
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#channel4 has chosen #Leeds for new HQ, but should we be moving public sector jobs out of London? > Read more: bit.ly/2vPESVI
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Presidential election not a tale of the #placesthatdontmatter. #Bolsonaro wins in most of the richest and more dynamic areas. #Brazil a deeply divided country across income and racial lines doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsx024 voxeu.org/article/revenge-pl… elpais.com/internacional/201… via @elpais_inter
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This is interesting: both England and Italy are worse than the OECD average for upward mobility, but in Italy downward mobility is much less of an issue than in England. #socialmobility #OECDPISA #Education
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@OECDEduSkills24 Oct 2018
Our latest PISA report finds that educational attainment is on the rise – but there are still socio-economic disparities at the tertiary level in many countries 🎓 Learn more ➡ bit.ly/2Oxx0C1 #OECDPISA
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Well worth a read! Biggest #austerity cuts in the #UK often took place in thriving cities. Declining and #rural areas have been relatively spared. Towards the emergence of sheltered economies? And how does this link to #Brexit?
Mia Gray - mainly posting on Bluesky (@_mia_gray) profile pictureMia Gray - mainly posting on Bluesky@_mia_gray17 Oct 2018
LSE Politics Blog: The depths of the cuts: the uneven geography of local government austerity blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp… via @LSEpoliticsblog @anna_barford @CamJRES @CamUniGeography
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Next in our @whatworksgrowth series on Local Industrial Strategies: @HugoBessis on implications for competition bit.ly/2ylUUWI
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Annual council tax: £1,421
Guy Shrubsole (@guyshrubsole) profile pictureGuy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole9 Oct 2018
Record £160m paid for UK’s most expensive home ever sold - to a mysterious offshore buyer theguardian.com/uk-news/2018…
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How are the economies of cities and towns linked? Find out in our new report Talk of the Town - here's a short intro by @Paul_Swinney @CentreforCities bit.ly/2NW9mOs
Centre for Cities (@CentreforCities) profile pictureCentre for Cities
@CentreforCities23 Sep 2018
Out today > Our new report, supported by @corecities, looks at the economic ties between Britain’s towns and cities, and how they should inform policy: bit.ly/2NW9mOs > Watch introduction by @Paul_Swinney below:
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A reminder of the mega scale of #China’s Pearl River Delta city cluster—similar population size to Italy, combined US$1.5trn GDP just ahead of South Korea. Economist pic.
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Is increasing population density the solution to the land-squeeze in successful cities? asks @HugoBessis citymetric.com/fabric/increa…
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Révolution cartographique ce matin : @googlemaps abandonne la projection de Mercator pour un globe interactif ! 🌍 🌏🌎 Mais qu'est-ce que c'est une projection ? Qui c'est Mercator ? Pourquoi changer ? Le point sur tout ça vite fait, avec exemples et cartes ⬇️⬇️
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Tom Forth@thomasforth30 Jul 2018
I've become a bit frustrated by a popular graph showing the richest and poorest regions in countries to show how regionally unequal the UK is. Because it uses the dreaded "West London" as our richest region. So I've made a similar graph with OECD Metropolitan Areas (cities) data.
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Yesterday @resfoundation report on living standards told us child #poverty is rising. Today @EduPolicyInst says it will take over 100 years to close the attainment gap between poorer and better off pupils. Gloomy years ahead for #SocialMobility?
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Where a six-figure #salary is 'low income' - and nearly two thirds of families live on less than this low income threshold of $117,400. #US #inequality Findings by the @BrookingsInst, @rdnunn917 & @JayCShambaugh bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…
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Here are three planning problems currently crippling London – and some ideas on how to fix them, courtesy of @HugoBessis citymetric.com/fabric/here-a…
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Great thread on our new report out this week teapawt.org/AntBreach/status/10119…
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