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By: Richard Koch

Richard Koch is head of policy at The UK Cards Association.

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  • Wanted: A market breakthrough to solve poverty in rich countries

    What is the point of a free market system? It’s to lift people out of poverty, giving them a better life, richer in every way. By this test, free markets have been fantastically successful historically. But rich countries, from the UK and America to those in Europe, have done nothing much for the poor in [...]

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