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​Economics for the Breaking Bad Generation

Simon Wakerley

16th March 2016

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First there was Freakonomics, then Soccernomics - now there’s Narconomics!

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Simon Wakerley

Sam Wakerley is a teacher of Economics at the British School Al Khubairat. He has led and taught economics for five years initially in Devon, UK and now overseas in the United Arab Emirates.

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