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Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure.

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Gordon Brown
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 20
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