The slow demise of the swim test
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Continuous growth can make economies fat and slow
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Rich and poor consumers are seeing their spending patterns converge
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
But a once-ubiquitous autumnal playground pastime is dying out
