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Growth Miracles and Growth Disasters

Geoff Riley

14th February 2016

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Some might take issue with continuing to award Japan the accolade of a growth miracle economy, nonetheless this entertaining short video from Marginal Revolution is a a tidy bridging resource on stark differences in economic growth rates over time across countries.

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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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