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6 Strategies to Improve Living Standards

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 21 Mar 2021

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Living standards improve when an economy can sustain a rise in real per capita incomes and when the benefits of growth are widely spread. This short revision video offers a selection of six strategies designed to lift median real disposable incomes per head in the UK economy.

6 Strategies to Improve Living Standards
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