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World Service,20 Dec 2014,28 mins

And What a Year it Was

In the Balance

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As 2014 draws to a close we look backwards and forwards to review some of the highs and lows of the year - nose-diving growth in Russia alongside the annexation of Crimea, Abe's reflationary blitz in Japan, mayhem and violence in the Middle East and the extraordinary lows of the global oil price. What do the mixed 12 months just gone herald for 2015? With influential British political economist Will Hutton, senior fellow of the Cato Institute Daniel Mitchell and Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst with Energy Aspects.

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