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The other debt and the other deficit

Geoff Riley

24th December 2014

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This is a timely and excellent article from Duncan Weldon (BBC Newsnight) for student macroeconomists on two deficits that seem to get far less media attention than the government's fiscal deficit.

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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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