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Money and Value - A Journey Through Time
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Money and Value - A Journey Through Time

“Money is not peace of mind. Money is not happiness. Money is, at its essence, that measure of a man’s choices.” This is a quote taken from the antihero of the Netflix show ‘Ozark’, a story about a financial advisor and his family’s spiralling immersion into the world
Aug 9, 2021 10 min read
 “Water you going to do about it?”
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“Water you going to do about it?”

What would happen if our demand for a commodity changed depending on how we used it? Prices of goods are theoretically determined by where the cost of supply intersects with demand. And as you learn in ECON101 ideally this will lead to the efficient allocation of resources to the benefit
Mar 27, 2015 4 min read
Emotion, memory and history: The economics of nostalgia
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Emotion, memory and history: The economics of nostalgia

In the world of gaming, there’s a very popular topic at the moment: the newest Pokémon releases, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. As a child who grew up on a steady diet of video games, I am very excited by these new games. So much so, that I went
Dec 1, 2014 4 min read
Value of Care
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Value of Care

International Women’s Day passed on the 8th of March, and for a short while the media was ablaze with commentary about issues affecting the modern woman. Whilst there are limitless problems in which the fairer sex is over represented, a couple of recurring issues seemed to be receiving the
Apr 7, 2013 4 min read
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