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Defending Globalisation - Special Report from the Economist

Geoff Riley

1st October 2016

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One of those must read enrichment articles for students interested in globalisation and its discontents. Naturally the Economist favours a world with fewer tariff and non-tariff barriers but there is a wealth of contextual gold-dust in this special report that will help support evaluation in a tricky essay on trade or protectionism!

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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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