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Intervention in Markets - Will the legal highs ban work?
Geoff Riley
31st May 2016
A ban on the sale of legal highs has come into force in England. But will be ban be effective? Or does it risk creating even greater harm.
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- Government Failure
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- Market Failure
- Government Intervention
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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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