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The beer economy

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beersummit150World leaders are gathered in Pittsburgh, PA this week for the G20 Summit. They are trying to sort out the world’s economic problems – monetary and fiscal policies, capital requirements, and financial regulations. It can be confusing stuff. The World’s Jason Margolis went to Pittsburgh trying to make sense of it by looking at only one product: a bottle of beer.

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2 comments for “The beer economy”

  1. I would like to use the statistics cited in this report about beer import to export ratio by bottle per country. Is there a reference to that information readily available?

    Posted by Randy Eady | September 28, 2009, 1:25 pm

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