Tackling UK Ill Health for Economic Growth, Diagnostic Safety in Healthcare, US Economy Perception, and the Interplay of Politics and Economics

The IPPR emphasizes the need to tackle the UK's ill-health crisis for economic growth. The OECD highlights the economic impacts of poor diagnostic practices in healthcare. Jared Bernstein discusses the perception of the US economy in an interview. An article explores the interplay of politics and economics in job preservation. These stories shed light on the importance of public health, diagnostic safety, economic perception, and the complexities of politics and economics.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2024/09/the-economics-of-diagnostic-safety_2056205e.html
https://www.ft.com/content/a7377bdf-4a55-49c3-b4c6-fcaeb345e166
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/1199975711/bad-economics-smart-politics

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:42) Tackling UK ill health is vital to economic growth, says IPPR
(00:03:35) The economics of diagnostic safety
(00:06:21) Transcript: Is this a winning US economy for the Democrats? With Jared Bernstein
(00:09:08) Bad economics, smart politics : The Indicator from Planet Money