UCL Policy Lab Launch
By Suraj Sridhar and Manasa Sanjay, Chief Research Correspondent and Director On Monday 30 May 2022, UCL brought to its research factory...
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- May 18
- 4 min
David Card Talks Policy: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead
By Harvey Nriapia, Chief Economics Correspondent Earlier this month as part of their Nobel Laureate Series, The Economist’s Society...
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- Feb 21
- 3 min
What is the best way to measure economic welfare?
Pratham Dave What is the best way to measure economic welfare? Economic welfare refers to the standard of living and level of prosperity...
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- Jan 31
- 4 min
Economics with Humans: The Importance of Behavioural Economics
James Symons-Hicks There seem to be countless stories about the times that economists have misjudged the state of an economy or its...
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- Sep 26, 2021
- 4 min
What is Maritime Economics?
Nathan Waller Have you ever been on a cruise? One of the most striking things about them is the number of moving parts needed to keep the...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 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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- Jul 23, 2021
- 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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- Jul 23, 2021
- 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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- Jul 23, 2021
- 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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- Jul 23, 2021
- 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 23, 2021
- 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 23, 2021
- 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 23, 2021
- 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 23, 2021
- 4 min
Economic Death causes Real Death
Zhenhao Tan BSc Mathematics with Economics, UCL With the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the US and the grim case projections...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Nehru – The True Marxist Mascot
Ishaan Gupta Chief Events & Outreach Officer | BSc Economics, UCL Jawaharlal Nehru – first prime minister of India (l) & Karl Marx The...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
The death of Hong Kong? Gauging the impacts of the National Security Law on Hong Kong’s Economy
Introduction On the night of May 21 2020, it was revealed that the National People’s Congress, the Chinese parliament, would impose...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Drowning in Oil: The Plight of the Nigerian Economy Post COVID-19
Arshiya Sawhney BSc Economics, UCL Figure 1: Meme dated 21 April 2020, Twitter (Suvra, 2020) While the outburst of hysterical memes on...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
Have Emerging Markets learned their lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis?
Zaar Khan Emerging Markets have always been seen as a lucrative growth opportunity for investors, but with high returns come high risks....
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Crowding out the VC Funds
‘Lots of small contributions are aggregated online to support artistic or creative endeavours’ The Economist’s first attempt at...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Is the Opt-Out Hurting Workers in the UK?
Overview The Working Time Directive, established to improve the long-term wellbeing and the overall work-life balance of workers, ruled...
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