Day 1,603: alliterative, affliction, the onus

For more than a decade economists have been debating Britain’s “productivity puzzle”, an alliterative way of noting that British productivity growth has been peculiarly weak since 2008.

One particular affliction of the public sector since 2010 has been a shortage of administrators. With budgets squeezed by a decade of tight spending, the onus has been on cutting back-office staff and protecting services.

Jeremy Hunt wants to improve Britain’s public-sector productivity

Artwork of the day 
Christ the Redeemer, Christ calls the afflicted to himself (Sketch)
Albert Maignan
Date: c.1877
Style: Academicism
Genre: religious painting,sketch and study
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Petit Palais, Paris, France
Dimensions: 45.6 x 37 cm

Word of the day 
alliterative: using the same sound or sounds, especiallyconsonant sounds, at the begining of several words that are close together
affliction: something that makes you suffer 
the onus: the responsibility or duty to do something 

Quote of the day
“You learn about fight or flight, but no one ever mentions the third alliterative option - freeze.”

― Nina Malkin, Swoon