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Will covid kill globalisation?
4th October 2020
Will covid accelerate a process away from hyper-globalisation. The Economist investigates in this excellent enrichment video.
It is a superb resource to use perhaps as students reach the close of a teaching topic on globalisation - bringing together a number of important strands including the threats that covid has introduced to the smooth functioning of global supply chains. According to the report, the post-covid world is likely to be a fractious and increasingly regional one as supply chains shorten to reduce risk.
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty 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 conferences in the UK and overseas.
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