Economy

Labour's Finance Gurus Are Both Worth Listening to

When Andy Burnham sought the UK premiership in the summer, he corralled two finance heavyweights to bolster his credentials — Jim O’Neill, an ex-Conservative minister and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. alumnus, and former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane. As he marks 100 days in office today and ahead of his first budget on Wednesday, Burnham would do well to heed his erstwhile advisers’ warnings that Britain’s central problems — weak growth, spiraling public spending and soaring debt — re