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British Housing Crisis Threatens Economic Growth

Geoff Riley

3rd September 2015

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Vicky Pryce is a vastly experienced economist with a strong reputation for her work in competition policy. In this piece for the Guardian, Pryce returns to a familiar theme for students aware of how a lack of new house-building acts as a constraint on economic growth.

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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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