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The "Vibecession" - The Gap Between Consumer Sentiment and Economic Realities

The "Vibecession" - The Gap Between Consumer Sentiment and Economic Realities

What does 'vibecession' even mean? Does this new Gen Z term capture the disconnect between consumer sentiment and economic realities in 2024? And how has this phenomenon occurred?

Individual Transferable Quotas - Managing Fisheries with Economic Policies

Individual Transferable Quotas - Managing Fisheries with Economic Policies

Discover the intriguing world of natural resource markets and the debate surrounding policy effectiveness in addressing pricing market failure. Learn how mispricing and overexploitation impact our planet's ecological balance.

The Cost of a Human Life - How do Economists Estimate the Value of a Life

The Cost of a Human Life - How do Economists Estimate the Value of a Life

Can a monetary value be place on the life of an individual? Find out how economist estimate the value of a statistical life. How much do lives cost and how does it affect policy decisions? Is it ethical to do so?

Neoclassical Axioms and their Effect on Individual Preferences

Neoclassical Axioms and their Effect on Individual Preferences

What are the neoclassical axioms that are placed on individual preferences? What is their significance? Does consumer demand behaviour always satisfy these axioms?

Switzerland - The Last Stand Against Inflation

Switzerland - The Last Stand Against Inflation

What is the current issue to do with inflation? Why is inflation at extremely high values is so called stable economies? What is Switzerland doing differently? How is helping them fight off high levels of Inflation?

The Winners of the Nobel Economics Prize 2022

The Winners of the Nobel Economics Prize 2022

Who where the winners of the Nobel Economics prize of 2022? Why did they get awarded the prize in Economics? What are it's modern day uses?

China – The Improbability of Collapse

China – The Improbability of Collapse

Why is everyone suddenly predicting that china is on the brink of collapse? What are the chances that these predictions will actually come true? Finally, why is this most likely totally overblown?