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The price of plenty - how beef changed America

Graham Watson

18th June 2019

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Economic gold - and a great way to pass half an hour. The Guardian's audio long read about the impact of the beef industry on the US, and how it's changed is one for the cognoscenti but it's a fascinating insight into lots of aspects of microeconomics, and helps explain the emergence of agribusiness

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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