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The fight against cyber attacks

The fight against cyber attacks

In 2016 alone, $81 million was stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank by suspected North Korean hackers. A separate incident saw the US National Security Agency’s hacking tools leaked on the internet. A $4.8 billion takeover of Yahoo by telecommunications giant Verizon was threatened by severe data breaches,

Do you have what it takes to be a YouTube star?

Do you have what it takes to be a YouTube star?

I’ll admit it. I’ve always wanted to be a YouTube star. I’m almost ashamed to say it, but it’s true. And why not? It seems like a glamorous life. Most of the successful women on YouTube live every little girl’s dream: they try on clothes

The development of interconnected markets

The development of interconnected markets

We are midst of a digital era. As I look around me on the train home, technology surrounds me. Students, just like myself, are busily surfing the internet on their phones, listening to music and messaging their friends. Workers are clattering away on their laptops, putting in an extra ‘shift’

Wisdom via iTunes: Understanding the booming podcast market and what’s worth a listen

Wisdom via iTunes: Understanding the booming podcast market and what’s worth a listen

With the latest operating system update for its mobile devices (iOS8), Apple acknowledged the resurgence of an industry that had become maligned after its stunning rise in the mid-2000s. Back then, podcasts had been a mandatory app for all mobile devices. They took the digital world by storm in and

The dynamic force of internet piracy

The dynamic force of internet piracy

Illegal streaming of film and television has become a phenomenon that has transformed the operation of the market. The uncontrolled access to free film and television has the power to destroy economic value, and bestows consumers with a potent amount of consumer sovereignty. Accordingly, these revolutions pose a demanding challenge

The Economics behind Pirating

With massive technological advances, it is safe to say that through growing ease of access we have all pirated copyright material such as music, TV shows, software or movies in one way or another. Whether we have downloaded it ourselves through direct download sites and peer to peer networks, or

Economics, The Science for Everyone

Economics, The Science for Everyone

There is a certain irony in economics. We economists would like to call ourselves scientists, but unlike the other scientists who are able to indulge in debate amongst the learned few of their field, economists are burdened with the obligation to debate amongst society as a whole. Where society includes