Recipe 2: We need to raise investment to 25% of GDP, especially through private sector investment  c.  Recipe 3:We need to accelerate reforms and not succumb to reform myths  d.  Recipe 4: We need to lift productivity  This policy mix will: o  Sustain future prosperity  o  Still raise growth to even higher level  o  Create jobs  o  Help us address social issues  BIS Review 93/2006
The state then often has no option but to step in if it wants to prevent a meltdown of the real economy. But such a rescue can place a huge burden on government finances – this is what happened in Ireland, where the need to prop up the financial system pushed the deficit above 30% of GDP in 2010.