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Why is vanilla so expensive - A Level economics in six minutes

Geoff Riley

16th May 2019

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Put your revision notes down for 6 minutes to watch this! Why is vanilla so expensive? There is a strong case for saying that the entire A level micro and macro course could be taught just using this video! Can you find 20 relevant concepts and issues?

A single cyclone could knock out Madagascar's entire vanilla crop. The country grows 80% of the world's supply https://t.co/bGmW3DVW7j pic.twitter.com/37pkRPRasN
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 15, 2019

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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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