Truly Peculiar

The Economist Explains

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As deputy editor of The Economist Tom Standage is familiar with statistics but here focuses on economic oddities that have a wider story to tell. Among the collection are explorations of the correlation between overweight politicians and corruption, the size of the Chinese economy in terms of Big Macs, and why it’s better to be a poor pupil in a rich country than the reverse.

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