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Predicting the Medal Tally
By Daniel Walton With the Tokyo Olympics underway, athletes are gearing up to triumph or falter in the names of their countries. So, the question on a lot of minds is: who will be atop this Olympics? Of course, the obvious answer is the United States, victors of every...
Coffee Culture in Australia
By Dylan Mortimore Despite my degree supposedly equipping me with the economic insights of Smith, Keynes, Pigou & friends, the market for coffee has always troubled me. To provide some context, my confusion first began when I noticed the sheer number of outlets...
100 Million Australians
A love-letter to migrants By Daniel Walton The free world is in crisis. In 2020, Joe Biden won the US Presidential Election, gathering 4.5% (around 7 million) more votes than his opponent. Yet on January 6, armed insurrectionists took control of the Capitol Building...
Yet another minimum wage ramble
By Elise Williams If you’re a university student, you’re more than likely familiar with soul-sucking, mental health-destroying, minimum wage jobs. Here in Australia, very few people are exempt from this cursed rite of passage. Nonetheless, we need to be grateful that...
Asia’s Time has Come
By Jennifer Min In the 19th century, Europe was in charge; in the 20th, it was the United States. Now, with the rise of China, it appears that the time has come for Asia to steer the global economy. Although it’s true that China is driving the economy in Asia, and...
Bar Tabs: A Further Examination
By Declan Hunt In his exceedingly popular piece last week, Dylan described the consumption of drinks by attendees at Over the Hedge as being far from equitable, and proposed a number of solutions to fix this inequality in the future. This week, we’ll build on his...