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economic

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/US /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk/
adjective

connected with the trade, industry and development of wealth of a country, an area or a society

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The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED
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Like our economic and political worlds, stories too are defined by the principle of nkali: How they are told, who tells them, when they're told, how many stories are told, are really

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and economic fallout from these increasingly severe and frequent events—all these things will require time to reverse course, and they will get much worse without effective adaptation efforts.

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It—the economics don't make sense.

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