{"id":620,"date":"2018-12-02T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mint.10yearsafterthecrash.com\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2019-12-16T07:43:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T07:43:50","slug":"confessions-of-an-a-level-teacher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/columns\/confessions-of-an-a-level-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of an A Level Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"620\" class=\"elementor elementor-620\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-142ca828 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"142ca828\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f6c7ac\" data-id=\"73f6c7ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25140c7a elementor-grid-2 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"25140c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-26569 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-civil-society category-columns tag-climate-crisis tag-confessions tag-covid-19 tag-economics tag-education tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck tag-sept-2020\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/confessions-of-an-a-level-economics-teacher\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26571\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/confessions_56106451-scaled.jpg 1803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/confessions-of-an-a-level-economics-teacher\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSilver linings\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t30\/09\/2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Silver linings Nigella Vigoroso-Heck looks forward to perfection \u201cSo.\u00a0 Here we are.\u00a0 The end of term. I have been truly humbled by the amount of work that you have put<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/confessions-of-an-a-level-economics-teacher\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Silver linings\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-26066 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-education category-region category-uk-ireland tag-confessions tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-jun-2020 tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck tag-private-schools tag-secondary-schools tag-state-education-system tag-virtual-learning\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/the-class-divide\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Confessions-1-e1593749650221-300x151.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-26067\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Confessions-1-e1593749650221-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Confessions-1-e1593749650221-1024x514.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Confessions-1-e1593749650221-768x386.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Confessions-1-e1593749650221.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/the-class-divide\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe class divide\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t03\/07\/2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Nigella Vigoroso-Heck asks: if Eton can do it why can\u2019t my local comp? It has been 14 weeks since we closed the school gates. In that time I have: conducted<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/the-class-divide\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The class divide\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-25027 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns tag-confessions tag-economics tag-economics-thought tag-mar-2020 tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck tag-teaching tag-text-books tag-universities\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/spine-of-the-times\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/confessions_image-e1585814619251-300x191.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-25028\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/confessions_image-e1585814619251-300x191.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/confessions_image-e1585814619251.jpeg 499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/spine-of-the-times\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSpine of the times\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t02\/04\/2020\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Read is not dead. Nigella Vigorosso-Heck sees demand for pages keep on turning. We live in an age where any A Level student can access all the information they could<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/spine-of-the-times\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Spine of the times\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12477 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-education category-uk-ireland tag-confessions tag-dec-2019 tag-feminism tag-gender-equality tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck tag-rising-sea-levels tag-women-in-economics\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/proper-gander\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/proper-gander\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tProper gander\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t11\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Girls are low in numbers. Nigella Vigorosso-Heck demands a recount. Last month the Economist magazine published an article entitled Sample Bias. It argued that women \u2013 and particularly schoolgirls \u2013<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/proper-gander\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Proper gander\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-7594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns tag-confessions tag-development tag-development-economics tag-development-economics-the-loaded-question tag-education tag-inequality tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck tag-sept-2019\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/development-economics-the-loaded-question\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR-300x207.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-7595\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR-600x415.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR-135x93.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Confessions-image-HR.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/development-economics-the-loaded-question\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tDevelopment Economics: The Loaded Question\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t20\/09\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Discussing global income inequality in classrooms full of rich kids leads to pencil cases at dawn. Nigella Vigoroso-Heck tells a tale of development economics. In 2018 Oxfam horrified us all<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/development-economics-the-loaded-question\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Development Economics: The Loaded Question\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6730 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-education category-uk-ireland tag-academics tag-confessions tag-economics tag-education tag-game-theory tag-june-2019 tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/how-to-stop-the-brain-drain\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels-300x206.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels-600x412.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels-135x93.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/A-Levels.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/how-to-stop-the-brain-drain\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tHow to stop the brain drain\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t04\/07\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Nigella Vigoroso-Heck has an idea. It\u2019s really hard to fuck up a lesson on Game Theory. Even the most didactic teacher would find it difficult not to let his students<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/how-to-stop-the-brain-drain\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to stop the brain drain\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-education category-uk-ireland tag-confessions tag-economic-pluralism tag-economics tag-education tag-mar-2019 tag-neoclassical-economics\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/thinking-less-economically\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Confessions-e1554015027433-300x182.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5565\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Confessions-e1554015027433-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Confessions-e1554015027433-600x364.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Confessions-e1554015027433-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Confessions-e1554015027433-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Confessions-e1554015027433.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/thinking-less-economically\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThinking less economically\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t31\/03\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>&#8220;You can tell she&#8217;s really a geography teacher &#8211; She&#8217;s marked down my graph for looking like the Cotswolds instead of the Dolomites!&#8221; With a shortage of economists willing to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/thinking-less-economically\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Thinking less economically\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-3676 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-education category-uk-ireland tag-artificial-intelligence tag-confessions tag-dec-2018 tag-economics\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/disruptive-influences\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Confessions-cartoon-300x207.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Confessions-cartoon-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Confessions-cartoon-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Confessions-cartoon-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Confessions-cartoon-135x93.png 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/disruptive-influences\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tDisruptive influences\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2018\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u00a0\u201cWe input pluralist economics perspectives\u00a0and now it is designing a space craft to leave earth.\u201d Teaching isn\u2019t what is used to be. Exams need to be the same. 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