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Exam Technique - Words Matter - Stephen Pinker on why so much writing is bad

Geoff Riley

14th April 2017

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Here is a truly superb and often hilariously funny talk from Stephen Pinker about making prose understandable to the reader you wish to reach. This is clearly true in economics exams when time and words both matter and there is a huge opportunity cost to writing in a wasteful style.

Exam Technique - Words Matter

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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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