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Economics explained: Plan A vs Plan B

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Evan Davis examines two possible paths for the UK economy with Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, who believes in a short-term, temporary fiscal stimulus to boost output and jobs and Capital Economics's Roger Bootle, who says it would be dangerous for the government to divert from its Plan A.


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