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Andrew Simms - Tescopoly
The inexorable rise of supermarkets, particularly Tesco, is big news but have we taken on board what it really means for our daily lives? In this searing analysis Andrew Simms tackles a subject that none of us can afford to ignore. Click to launch video.
In 2003 Andrew quit his job as director in a London merchant bank before getting called up to serve in Iraq as a T.A. officer. He was asked, out of the blue, if he 'knew anything about finance'. He said yes. And suddenly he was in charge of a fifth of Iraq's entire finances.
Andrew Simms
Andrew Simms is Policy Director of the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and a board member of Greenpeace UK. He is the author of Tescopoly and writes on various issues including climate change and globalisation.