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This article from Welsh Nation in January 1985 was written by Plaid Cymru's ecomics spokesperson and a lecturer in economics at Cardiff University. It outlines the economic consequences of the closure of 22 of 28 pits in South Wales - male unemployment, higher suicide levels, negative impacts on health, increased crime, etc.
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