In 1972 a bestselling book warned of a global decline and general downturn for civilisation from the year 2020.

As a prediction “The limits to growth” now seems incredibly prescient although a global pandemic wasn’t really a part of the equation that crunched huge volumes of data on economics, population and industrialisation.

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It’s like “Deja Vu all over again” or so the famous Yogi Berra quote goes.

As we enter the third national lockdown I think we can all be forgiven for a feeling a bit like here we go again.

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