Should the EU Abandon the Euro?
Reading Time: 4 minutes On January 1st 1999, the EU unveiled their new currency to the world: the Euro. A currency that was supposed to promote economic growth, stability and integration, it has now […]
An Interview with Noam Chomsky
Reading Time: 19 minutes Professor Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned linguistic, philosopher and political activist. Currently Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has been the author of over 100 books […]
Identity Politics: What is it and why is it problematic?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Barack Obama famously declared: “There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.” A decade and a half later, […]
An Evaluation of The Centrality of Sport to National Identity
Reading Time: 4 minutes The fabric that is a national identity is composed of shared experiences, stories and concepts that are dispersed among a particular group of people. Historically these have often centered around […]
Should we advocate for democracy as an innate human right?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A human right is not something that can be traded off for something else. Rights are absolute, there are no caveats and they must be upheld regardless. Democracy is often […]
An Interview with Michael Spence, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Reading Time: 9 minutes I had the privilege of being able to interview Michael Spence, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001. A professor at the business schools of New York University […]
“Good Economics for Hard Times” by Duflo and Banerjee
Reading Time: 3 minutes Good Economics for Hard Times is the second general readership publication of the husband and wife, Nobel-prize winning pair of Duflo and Banerjee. Their first book, Poor Economics, published in […]
The Bitcoin Bubble
Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2008 the first cryptocurrency Bitcoin was launched. While still providing a means for exchanges and the store of value, cryptocurrencies have the distinct advantage of being decentralised as opposed […]
Lessons from the crash and today’s trends in Western monetary policy
Reading Time: 5 minutes The coronavirus pandemic, and the ensuing economic crisis, has provoked unprecedented responses from policy makers, no more so than from central banks. The Federal Reserve’s major actions include purchasing up […]
Interview with Oliver Hart
Reading Time: 8 minutes Professor Oliver Hart is the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics Harvard University. He specialises in contract theory and the theory of the firm, having served as the President of […]