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Car sales reach record - shock!

Graham Watson

7th January 2016

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What a poor piece of reporting: in effect, the article reads "Country with population at its largest ever, and GDP at its largest ever, buys more cars'. Is that really that surprising?

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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