Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren
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December 13, 2020
The world as we know it is undergoing a dramatic remaking. We are facing what at times seem like insurmountable challenges – a global public…
Economics (still) has a diversity problem
Hazel Cranmer
December 13, 2020
Hazel Cranmer considers how the discipline should respond to the BLM movement Earlier this year, a movement gained sudden and momentous global attention. The…
Nudging, Sludging and TikTok
Nicole Timmermans
November 20, 2020
Nicole Timmermans explores how TikTok exploits users’ behavioural biases. ‘Digital crack cocaine’ – the words used by a Forbes journalist to describe the Chinese…
What made Zoom zoom?
Amy Cook
November 20, 2020
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…
Lessons To Learn From The Happiest Economies
Duśan Repčák
November 20, 2020
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…
How Much Inequality can Merit Justify?
Rinto Fujimoto
November 20, 2020
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…
Blackened Blues
David English
November 20, 2020
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…
Degrowth or Decoupling – Towards a Zero-Emissions Economy
Milan Marcus
November 20, 2020
Milan Marcus discusses the relationship between economic growth and reducing emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change It may seem like half a lifetime ago,…
Is enough, enough?
Blair Reid
November 20, 2020
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.…
Corporate Social… Virtue Signaling
Fanni Leppanen
November 20, 2020
Fanni Leppanen breaks down the factors that led to the Volkswagen Emission Scandal and explores innovative ways to solve the question of how much Corporate…
The Declining Nasa Budget: a space oddity
Aryan Jagtap
November 20, 2020
Aryan Jagtap explores the factors behind reductions in space research spending in the US and considers whether extra funding would be worthwhile or a fiscal…
The Price Tag on Survival in America
Alex Avgoustidis
November 20, 2020
Alex Avgoustidis investigates the corporate power of Big Pharma and its ramifications for the American people. “I was spending $2,880 a month just to keep…
Airways, utilities, rail… NHS: how far should privatisation go?
Milad Sherzad
November 20, 2020
Milad Sherzad looks at the story of privatisation in the UK, taking lessons from the 1994 privatisation of British Rail to learn the distinction between…
A Snapshot of the Hong Kong Economy
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Robert Campbell shares details about the GAE trip to Hong Kong. ‘Why does President Xi Jinping ’s foot hurt?’ ‘I don’t know—why?’ ‘Because he stepped…
Winner – Trust Me
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Stian Sandberg explores the consequences of China’s proposed Social Credit System; a plausible future where trust is quantified. Imagine a normal day, except everything you…
The Cashless Society
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
James Baghurst examines the rise of mobile payment apps in China Recent Chinese innovation in the financial services industry is another chapter in the long…
Zipping The Pocket
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Feiyang Shi discusses the motivations behind Chinese capital control policies and their implications on investor relations The last year has seen a series of Chinese…
Section Opener: Luxury
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Luxury is back in fashion! According to a recent study by Bain & Co, the global luxury goods market — encompassing both luxury goods and…
Runner-Up: Poland’s Fragile Luxury
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Robert Jacek Włodarski explores the unstable luxury goods market in Poland. When KPMG published a highly optimistic report on the £3.1bn Polish luxury goods market…
The Necessary Evil
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Michal Solcansky explores the economic logic behind conspicuous consumption and its societal benefits. When Thorstein Veblen first suggested that some people tend to spend excessively…
Ethical Consumption in the Millennial Age
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Lisa Suerken explores how millennials are making ethical purchasing decisions. Fairtrade, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, charity shops — the list goes on and on. In…
Section Opener: Happiness
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
‘If you were a miserable poor person you’re going to be an equally miserable rich man’, is a cliché often cited by self-help advocates in…
Runner-Up: Coffee & Donuts
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Student explores the rise and fall of Krispy Kreme The Gamble Within most Krispy Kreme stores sits both an impressive feat of engineering and a…
One More Thing Money Can Buy
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Amber Murray ponders whether happiness has become the currency of our times. Happiness. Success. Fulfilment. Difficult concepts to pin down, and even more difficult to…
The Spending Bowl
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Lars Leimkühler looks into the ritual consumption that surrounds Americas favourite holiday. Super Bowl LII has been record-breaking in many regards as both teams accounted…
Consumerism: More Good than Bad?
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Henry Badger explores the multifaceted impact of consumerism on the wellbeing and evolution of our society. The word ‘consumerism’ has often been used to describe…
Section Opener: Technology
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Technological advances now occur at a blistering and (crucially) increasing rate. As consumers try to keep up with the latest gadgets, we will likely continue…
Seeking a New Path
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Sam Bacevich explores economic growth policy in developing nations. David Ricardo’s theory of competitive advantage demonstrates that trade increases consumption for participating countries — subsequently…
Planned Obsolescence
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
An Evil Plot by Manufacturers or the Lynchpin of the Economy? – Blanca Sans. Would you believe that planned obsolescence is not as manipulative and…
Runner-Up
What is the Matter with Sustainable Consumption?
oskarbirol
April 17, 2018
Leo Čunderlík explores how climate change changes everything. We are on the precipice of climate change tipping points beyond which there is no redemption’ were…
Section Opener
Cryptocurrencies
oskarbirol
December 6, 2017
Introduction Blockchain, often synonymous with the term Bitcoin, has perfused into our quotidian economy since its 2008 inception by an anonymous person or group known…