I agree & Finland is also doing well with still less.
We have been de-industrialising gradually since the 70s and increasingly dependant on resource exports ; something Russia managed to do within 5 years and Russia, by no means , is not what you'd call the ideal model in wealth advancement.
Even Indonesia is outgunning us in industrialisation and exports of manufactured products.
With a GDP growth of sub 2% and the prospect of that contracting by up to 20% over the next 2 years, we simply have to find a better way to catch up and stay ahead of our competitors, IMO, and those that we are electing to do the job for us are falling well short of the mark. Again, IMO, we need a better way to select Ministers who can plan, provision & execute economic change.
