Election 2019: Should the Treasury change its economic thinking?
b'The main political parties are offering strikingly different visions for the future of the country, including radically different economic policy agendas. Whichever party forms the next government, it is likely to take a different approach to economic policy from previous administrations.\\n\\nDoes the Treasury need to rethink how it approaches economic policy? And does it have the ability and inclination to do so?\\n\\nOur panel of economic thinkers from across the political spectrum discussed whether Treasury economic thinking needs to change and how well prepared the department is to support a government with a new agenda.\\n\\nNick Macpherson, former permanent secretary to the Treasury\\nStian Westlake, Former executive director of policy and research, Nesta\\nAnn Pettifor, director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME)\\nThe event was chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, chief economist at the Institute for Government\\n\\nThere was an opportunity for questions from the audience.'