BITCOIN: THE DILEMMA OF “THE MORE THE MERRIER”
Ansh Raj, Rishabh Airi, and Shakir Othaman Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/with-bitcoin-breaking-50-000-even-w...
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- Mar 14
- 5 min
Why is it that ‘the growers’ keep growing?
Marc Clotet, Clara Caramona, and John Scheilder Image Source: https://www.msci.com/www/blog-posts/did-faang-stocks-lead-the-us/0113538498...
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- Mar 11
- 6 min
Cryptocurrency: A Definitive Summary
Ananya Ashta, Nancy Zheng, and Bryan Image Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/5-reasons-why-bitcoin-cryptoc...
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- Mar 10
- 5 min
Regulation in the Financial Institutions Group M&A Sector: does it need to be tightened?
Jasmine Karimzada, Chenming Li, Aditya Image Source: https://www.centralbank.ie/consumer-hub/explainers/what-is-financial-regulation-and-...
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- Mar 9
- 6 min
The History and Future of Financial Services in Hong Kong
Phin Godfrey and Clarence Huang Image Source: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201902/27/WS5c76530fa3106c65c34ebca1.html Hong Kong’s...
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- Feb 16
- 4 min
GERMANY’S EURO ADVANTAGE
Ishaan Gupta BSc Economics, University College London Source: Author's own animation The EU is a troubled block, with Germany (and much...
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- Jan 28
- 13 min
Can Public Money (‘Fiat Currencies’) Survive in a World of Private Digital Money?
To What Extent Can Stablecoins Such As Diem Be Beneficial For Our Current Monetary Systems? Marc Clotet (BSc Economics at University...
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- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
Cyprus Dispute
- In his 1918 essay, Max Weber defined a state as “a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of...
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- Nov 21, 2020
- 4 min
The Plight of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Ratnadityasinh Chavda BSc IR and Politics, UCL Lebanon has long been a symbol of stability in the 21st century, with no signs of the...
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- Oct 3, 2020
- 4 min
“Click to View our Pride Range!” the commercialisation of the LGBT community
Yushra Rashid Every year on the 1st of June I wake up to a twitter timeline filled with rainbow flags and glitter as my friends and I...
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- Sep 29, 2020
- 6 min
COVID-19 and Inequality
Adam Ouarda From depressing figures of innocent deaths to constant fear of contracting the virus, there is no doubt that we are living in...
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- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
Understanding Gold’s Glitter
Ansh Raj As the pandemic continues to ravage economies across the world, the price of gold has touched a record-new high of $2,000 an...
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- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
Redefining Sustainable Finance in a post COVID-19 world
Shivam Gujral BSc Economics, UCL Figure 1: The 2 distinct worlds: Rhetorical and Practical Source: Image retrieved from NASA, 2017...
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- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
HOW NETFLIX USES BIG DATA FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Vedant Kapoor Every 2 days we create as much data as we did from the dawn of time until 2003. The act of accessing and storing large...
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- Aug 17, 2020
- 5 min
Filling Institutional Voids in India. A way to prevent Covid 19.
Sujoy Kapoor The rampant chaos and the immeasurable suffering caused by Covid-19 has brought to light one of the most severe issues faced...
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- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
The Drayton Discourse: Martin Wolf on Globalisation, Journalism and recovering from COVID-19
Economists' Society, UCL The second episode of the Drayton Discourse featured the Chief Economic Commentator of the Financial Times,...
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- Aug 10, 2020
- 6 min
Succeeding in Modern-Day Finance: Why Sustainability is Key
Niharika Singh President, UCL Women in Finance | BSc Economics, UCL Perhaps the buzzword of the current decade, “sustainability” has...
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- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
University Tuition After Corona
Raed Altaf BSc Economics, UCL The rebuilding of our lives in light of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised some important questions in the...
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- Aug 4, 2020
- 5 min
India’s Burgeoning Maritime Presence
Ratnaditya Singh Chavda The world today is undergoing a fundamental political transformation as all of us come to grips with the virus...
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- Aug 1, 2020
- 6 min
Loopholes in the Indian Education Framework
Context behind the need for a Direct Benefit Transfer policy reform Shivam Gujral BSc Economics, UCL Introduction A country’s economic...
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- Jul 29, 2020
- 4 min
IS MODERN MONETARY THEORY RELEVANT?
Ishaan Gupta BSc Economics, UCL MMT or Modern Monetary Theorem is a heterodox macroeconomic framework.This basically means that it goes...
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- Jul 28, 2020
- 7 min
Food Fight
Yash Dewan BSc Economics, UCL If I say ‘battle for space’, most people will probably think of Palestine, Kashmir or maybe even the tube....
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- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
UNEQUAL? An analysis of why people prefer to live in an ‘unequal society’
Aditya Jain Most of us have heard and read about the existing unequal pay, and the need for an egalitarian economic system. Yet, even...
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- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Drayton Discourse Ep.1 | Prof. Cass Sunstein
‘The Drayton Discourse’ is a recently launched interview series by the Academic Events division of the Economist’s Society! Sitting home?...
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