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The return of outsider economics

Geoff Riley

9th September 2016

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Will the war on inequality and rise of populism see a return to the economics of the 1970s? The FT, in collaboration with Punk Economics, takes a look at the ‘assault on the elites’. When one per cent owns fifty per cent of the world's wealth, something has to give. We are seeing a new battle between insiders and outsiders.

The return of outsider economics
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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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