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
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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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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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- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Universal Credit: Here to Stay?
“TRAPPED AT THE HEART of this nexus is the benefit claimant, caught in a mire of bureaucracy and complexity and given little reason or...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
The ‘Dismal Science’ is a Misnomer
Throughout history, economists have been viewed with derision and discontent: heartless money – driven beings completely out of touch...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Singapore-on-What?
My recent trip back to Singapore reacquainted me with the people, the urbanism, and the acute tropical heat that I call home. But, having...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
Why are Rich People Rich?
In the distant past, the rich and powerful tended to picture themselves as divine figures, with otherworldly abilities that no ordinary...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Two perspectives on Applied Econometrics: Structural and reduced-form methods
The “Credibility Revolution” in Economics There have been several advances in applied econometric methods throughout the past few...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
Intellectual Property Rights, and Wrongs
In 1997, the Harvard Business Review wrote: “For more than a century, the world’s wealthiest human being has been associated with oil....
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
The World’s Battle Against Plastic and Why We Should Care
Every year, at least eight million tonnes of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean; this accounts for just a third of all plastic waste....
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Sleepwalking into stagnation: Japan’s outdated supply side
What is happening to Japan’s leading firms? In April, Toshiba, one of the biggest names in consumer electronics, delayed their earnings...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
Is the Future of Development Cashless?
With the rise of e-commerce, contactless cards, and mobile banking comes the increasing obsolescence of cold, hard cash. As developed...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
The government must do more to realise the American Dream
Introduction As mentioned in my last essay, my research will explore the relationship between income inequality and intergenerational...
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- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Microfinance in developing countries: Does it really help?
A woman poses with her microfinance “loan recovery” book at her shop in Hyderabad, India Global poverty levels are on the rise. Almost a...
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