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July/August 2013
'The ten years to 2017 could be the first peacetime decade since the 17th century to see no economic growth in Europe'
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May 2013
‘Burke asserted that we should value chivalry, morality and friendship. But how do we measure the huge rise in social media in terms of GDP?’
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April 2013
‘The huge amount of fuss and bother that attends the Budget tells us that something is wrong with how our country is organised’
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March 2013
'Europe's economic and commercial importance to the UK will collapse in the 21st century'
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