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WHO OWNS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SEATS? GREAT DISCUSSION POINT FOR ECONOMICS IN CLASS



An interesting article from 'The Economist' entitled 'Recline and fall: Who owns the space between reclining airline seats (http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2017/05/recline-and-fall) recently piqued my interest as a discussion class discussion.

Any economic discussion that students can relate to is always good fun.

This is definitely going to be a great lesson idea that I will write up in the near future! 

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