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"Economics Made Simple" week 2 - "Understanding Poverty and Inequality"

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Understanding our economy
 October 
28,
 2019

Paul Mac Flynn, Acting Co-Director at the NERI presented at week 2 of the "Economics made Simple" series of lectures in conjunction with The People's College.

Paul presented on "Understanding Poverty and Inequality".  The lecture took place on 28th October, 2019 in The Teacher's Club from 18:00 - 19:30. 

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