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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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- Jul 23
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What are the effects of Universal Basic Income on Income Inequality in China?
The background knowledge and my research framework DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION According to Philippe Van Parjis (Van Parjis, 2004) and...
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- Jul 23
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Why Living Longer is Bad For the Economy: Lessons from Japan
“There are now more adult diapers sold than baby diapers in Japanese supermarkets.” – Business Insider In 1870, one could only dream...
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- Jul 23
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Fast Fashion: The Consequences and the Changes
Fast Fashion: A Briefing In the age of digitalisation, everything is instant; from multinational fast food chains, to next day deliveries...
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- Jul 23
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Austerity and the City
Since the 2008 Financial Crisis, governments around the world have increasingly espoused austerity – a policy of fiscal conservatism and...
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