It will be interesting to see with this advisory committee comes up with its recommendations to increase economic growth. Presumably, they will have consodered ered the thesis of Robert Gordon's  highly regarded book "The Rise and Fall of American Growth: the US Standard of Living Since the Civil War", viz. that we are in an era of slow growth in which investing in innovation will not  generate as much growth as it has in the past.

When it comes to economic growth and unemployment there are four elephants in the room: automation, free-trade, offshoring and slow growth. All of these are daunting forces and I have a lot of sympathy for governments who will try create jobs in the face of them.

Let's hope the 20 recommendations of this advisory committee  take account of these forces.