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We chatted to Sam Bowman Sam Bowman about why he launched an online magazine Works in Progress during the pandemic 🗞️🗞️ 🇬🇧🇪🇺We discuss his piece on why Britain has become so poor and how it compares to European counterparts Quick thread summarising the piece 🇬🇧🧵👇 /1

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