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The Death of Globalisation?

Geoff Riley

28th February 2023

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Ideal enrichment and extension for Year 13 Economists. Professor Ian Goldin from the Oxford Martin School explores globalisation, and asks how far the world is fragmenting politically and economically, and what the consequences of that could be.

This Chris Giles article from the Financial Times (November 2022) might be worth a read.

The globalisation elephant has left the room

And here, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation. (November 2022).

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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.

@tutor2uGeoff

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