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Serena Grover explores the importance of aligning private capital with public good to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. With only a decade remaining…

Amy Cook discusses the widening education inequalities gap in the UK and how it can be bridged. During Edinburgh’s recent snowfall, memories of cancelled school…

Sam Tenny explores the disproportionate effects on renters of working from home during the pandemic. The spread of the Coronavirus has highlighted systemic issues ingrained…

Anna McCourt discusses China’s low marriage rate and how the Chinese Communist Party is tackling the problem. The traditional Chinese tale of the Cowherd and…

Duśan Repčák explores the story of how a nation focused on equalising income became the world’s most unequal economy – and uncovers fundamental flaws in…

Kirsty Vass Payne explores the role of parental leave policy and childcare policy in reducing gender disparities between parents. In the world of policy, the…

Dila Yalman explores the complex realities of foreign interference into the domestic politics of the divided island of Cyprus. Welcome to the ghost resort of…

In the European Year of Rail, Milan Marcus looks at how European trains can become more competitive with short-haul flights. After decades of growth, international…

Trine Schack Soerensen writes about the detrimental impact of fast-fashion on the environment and human rights and how we, as consumers, can contribute towards changing…

It has been 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human to transcend the boundary of Earth’s atmosphere, and in that time, our collective…

The world as we know it is undergoing a dramatic remaking.  We are facing what at times seem like insurmountable challenges – a global public…

Hazel Cranmer considers how the discipline should respond to the BLM movement   Earlier this year, a movement gained sudden and momentous global attention. The…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Go Abroad Economics scheme has been running since February 2015, when a group of staff and students embarked on the inaugural trip to Dubai.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Luxury is back in fashion! According to a recent study by Bain & Co, the global luxury goods market — encompassing both luxury goods and…

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…

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…

Lisa Suerken explores how millennials are making ethical purchasing decisions. Fairtrade, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, charity shops — the list goes on and on. In…

‘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…