To switch or not to switch: Daylight saving analysed
Last weekend most Australians switched their clocks forward one hour in a time-honoured tradition. What is the point of this worldwide ritual, and is it causing us more harm than good? Chris Craig takes a look.
Wasting your ATAR
Nick Henderson looks back on past mistakes, and considers how we might better prepare school-leavers for their academic and professional futures
Learning a thing or two from inter-governmental co-operation
In times when inter-governmental cooperation seems at worst laughable (and at best naively optimistic), a longstanding example of its triumphs (and challenges) exists in the federal and state sharing of education policy. Tingnan Li investigates this unassuming system.
Making sense of a “stable” North Korean economy
Despite increasing sanctions and international pressure, the North Korean economy seems to be more stable than before. Sao Yang Hew investigates why.
Why the level of U.S debt is meaningless
U.S government debt continues to spiral upwards at a rapid rate. Each day, the US debt clock keeps climbing, and, at the time of publication, stood at over $22.5 trillion US dollars, or 105.67% of GDP. [1] It’s like a balloon that won’t stop expanding. But can it actually burst? We’ll take a look at […]
Climate Change: humanity’s biggest externality
Gabriel Chenkov-Shaw explores an economically driven solution to climate change: intervention to fundamentally change the incentives of big polluters.
The Rise and Fall of the Advertising Model – The Adblocker Problem
If I asked you whether you’ve had an adblocker installed on your devices at some point, you’d probably look at me as if I’d asked whether the sky was blue. After all, who wants to be interrupted in the middle of a video with the sixteenth Grammarly ad in a row; it’s as if they […]
Understanding Hong Kong Property Prices
A long history, an uncertain future and unique geography all contribute to Hong Kong’s equally eccentric housing market. Klinsmann Lee explores.
