The world as we know it is undergoing a dramatic remaking. We are facing what at times seem like insurmountable challenges – a global public…
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Economics (still) has a diversity problem Hazel Cranmer considers how the discipline should respond to the BLM movement Earlier this year, a movement…
Nicole Timmermans explores how TikTok exploits users’ behavioural biases. ‘Digital crack cocaine’ – the words used by a Forbes journalist to describe the Chinese…
Amy Cook discusses the possible causes behind the take-off of everyone’s favorite video-conferencing platform. If you’re like me, you probably had never heard of…
Duśan Repčák discusses the economic and social aspects of happiness, with a clear cut focus on the Nordic Model, Latin America and Costa Rica as…
Rinto, a fourth year economics student, questions the meritocratic foundation of economic inequality. On the 1st November, Boris Johnson declared a four-week long lockdown…
David English explores cost estimation by examining the MV Wakashio oil spill. MV Wakashio oil spill In July 2020, the MV Wakashio, a cargo vessel…
Milan Marcus discusses the relationship between economic growth and reducing emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change It may seem like half a lifetime ago,…
Blair Reid and Ollie Ryder-Green explore the timely rise of Degrowth economics Economic growth has long been touted as the driving force behind human prosperity.…