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The dismal science is bereft of good ideas

fail to see the point of professional economists. They purport to know about trade and finance, about markets and credit, but I struggle to identify the actual benefits of all their expensive advice and esoteric debates.

For example, they really should be able to provide the answers we need about job creation, but where are they? How are new jobs created, by whom and under what conditions? Countries such as Spain are crippled with 40 per cent youth unemployment: what pragmatic solutions do the economists offer to this disaster?

The only response I know to this nightmare is to encourage entrepreneurs to start new companies. Such bold individuals cannot rely on arcane economics papers, obscure formulas or dry speeches, delivered by academics who prefer theory over practice. Instead, entrepreneurs embrace clever inventions and vigorous execution.

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盧克•強森

盧克•強森(Luke Johnson)是一位成果頗豐的企業家和創業家,他爲英國《金融時報》撰寫企業家專欄。他目前擔任英國皇家藝術協會的主席,並管理著一傢俬人股本投資公司——Risk Capital Partners。強森曾在牛津大學學醫,但是畢業後卻進入投行業。他在1992年收購PizzaExpress,擔任其董事長,並將其上市。到1999年出售的時候,PizzaExpress的股價已經從40英鎊漲至800英鎊。

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