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Smog and the Clean Air Act

Geoff Riley

27th November 2016

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When teaching externalities how about using this clip from the BBC archives?

The Clean Air Act 1956 was an important legislative response the the Great Smog of 1952 which is estimated to have killed more than 10,000 people across the immediate aftermath and the following weeks and months.

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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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