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Britain's Oldest Economic Think Tank

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Founded as Britain's oldest economics-focused think tank, the Economic Research Council is committed to enhancing economic understanding and fostering inclusive debate. Through innovative events, research, and digital outreach, we strive to make economic knowledge accessible to everyone, supporting informed dialogue and pluralistic ideas. Join us in shaping a society enriched by diverse economic insights and active civic participation.

August 2012

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The major difficulty with the economic world today is that there is an overload of opinion purporting to be information. This is rather a roundabout way of coming to a necessary observation on the London Olympics…