Visiting Finland

Espoo, Finland

Visiting family and friends, doing PR for our newest book and recording a radio programme.

Other than visiting family and friends in Finland, we did PR for our newest book The Super-Rich and The Poor. Päivi got her newest journal article published, and we recorded a copyright free 10 episode podcast called Maailmankuvia for Finnish speaking audience.

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