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In defence of models

By Yannis Goutzamanis · March 11th, 2015

Perhaps not so glamorous as the ones on the runway, economic models often get a bad wrap. Yannis Goutzamanis analyses some well-known and much used models and gives his take.

Revisiting Gross Domestic Product

By Anisha Kidd · January 14th, 2015

Anisha Kidd asks why such an incomplete measurement of our progress as a people forms the centrepiece of our public sphere.

Inequality from a different Engel

By Daniel Tan · December 9th, 2014

Inspired by last semester’s encounter with Engel’s Law, Daniel Tan posits an unsettling conjecture about income inequality and the future of consumption growth

Democracy: as easy as one, two, three

By Danny Wang · October 17th, 2014

Danny Wang uncovers the factors crucial to sustaining successful democracies.

Debunking the paradox of thrift

By Chandan Hegde · October 15th, 2014

Chandan Hegde offers an Austrian take on whether the paradox of thrift and its accompanying Keynesian policies are appropriate.

The Environmental Kuznets Curve: fact or fiction?

By Yannis Goutzamanis · August 23rd, 2014

Yannis Goutzamanis considers the relationship between economic growth and environmental outcomes. Consideration of this relationship requires an examination of the controversial environmental Kuznets curve.