Category: Quick Reads
The Digitalisation of Cash: Key Impacts on the Developing World
Reading Time: 3 minutes Development in the third world is rarely incremental. Instead, countries are often able to skip a stage in the course of development usually taken by an economically advanced nation. A […]
Is GDP dead: What metric should we use to guide growth?
Reading Time: 3 minutes GDP has historically been the lens through which we viewed our success: a high GDP growth meant that the economy was booming and that lives were improving, while a drop […]
A Conversation with Professor Behrman on Development Economics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Professor Jere Behrman is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. His work on the role of human capital in development has been incredibly […]
The Burden of the 1p Coin on Our Economy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Penny coins are notorious for slowly start to accumulate after every £X.99 purchase. However, you cannot buy much with them as shopkeepers often refuse to accept them and there are […]
Trade vs. Aid- Which is More Useful for Developing Countries?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Assisting the poorest nations in the world through aid is better than promoting globalized free trade, though still not ideal. The benefits of aid are that it is niche, flexible, […]
Capitalism and Exploitation
Reading Time: 3 minutes For at least a century there has been a discussion about whether Capitalism, Socialism, or Communism is superior. Yet every side of this discussion forgets to criticise their own beliefs […]