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You can't outsource responsibility

Geoff Riley

16th February 2015

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Richard Freeman of Harvard University and the National Bureau of Economic Research argues that while you can outsource production, you cannot outsource responsibility.

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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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