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Hands of Redcar - structural unemployment

Ruth Tarrant

15th November 2015

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There is a super series on the BBC at the moment exploring the impact of the closure of the steelworks in Redcar. You can judge the mood on the ground with this interview with Karen and John who run the local sandwich store.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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