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A Brief History of Industrial Revolutions

Geoff Riley

2nd April 2016

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Oxford Economist Ian Goldin on how a new nervous system of information of 5 billion connected people will define our time - all fascinating stuff at whatever stage of the life cycle we have reached!

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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