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UK exporters are set for a sugar rush
28th September 2017
Micro/macro - the great debate - fantastic microeconomic opportunities to look at why the removal of a sugar quota is likely to reduce prices and increase economic welfare - with a welfare loss triangle to boot - and the macroeconomic implications of free trade and the exploitation of comparative advantage.
British Sugar to increase production and create jobs as EU quota ends after nearly 50 years https://t.co/VNXC3Al143 #GBmfg🇬🇧 #jobs pic.twitter.com/4C2COHOLXB
— Jefferson (@Jefferson_MFG) September 27, 2017
So the #EU #sugar quota ends today...not really an example of #publichealth systems thinking. Lots of unknowns remain as, at same time, #Brexit may drive cost of alternatives up. May be a future issue if not in UK but globally. https://t.co/UKbgVIfI4N
— David Johns, PhD (@DavidJohnsRD) September 27, 2017
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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