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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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
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Unknown continent: On myths, methodologies and missing data on Africa.
Which country has the largest share of women in parliament? Which country contributes the most troops to UN peacekeeping? The answer is...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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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, 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
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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, 2021
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Technology as the saviour of democracy
Many fear that the growing role of technology in politics can harm our democratic systems. With the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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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, 2021
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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, 2021
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A Recurrent Nightmare in South Sudan
Nation building and peacemaking in sub-Saharan Africa Jacob Atem is a young boy in the southern reaches of Sudan. While his mother and...
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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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- Jul 23, 2021
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Does criminalising the possession of indecent images of children reduce child sexual abuse?
1 Introduction On 6th April 2010, simple possession of non-photographic child pornography became a crime in England, Wales and Northern...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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Games and Optimism – The Background
Equilibrium, linear regression, rationality… Most of textbook economics relies on strict assumptions and presents us with simplified...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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The Unexpected Consequences of the One-Child Policy in China (2)
Brief Recap In the last edition, I introduced the impact of the One-Child Policy on wealth inequality in China through an intuitive...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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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
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Explore Econ: Christel Najm
“Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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Explore Econ: NRA
“Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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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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Explore Econ: The meaning of equality and growth in the Golden Age
1. Suppose that you could choose to be born in any country in the world, and at any point in history. You cannot however choose your...
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- Jul 23, 2021
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Dear Fresher Economists....
My name is Manu, and I am the President of The Economist’s Society, the official economics departmental society of UCL. Firstly,...
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