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Not Another Coronavirus Article!
As health restrictions mount, the focus is increasingly on what impact of COVID-19 will be. The work of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson suggests that they will go to the roots of how our society is structured. Not Another Coronavirus ArticleDownload Sales of Camus’...
Meet the Team
With 2020 off to a flying start after the release of the BEcon Guide, it's time to introduce the pubs team. This is a menagerie of economics obsessed nerds carefully selected by UQES in the hopes of entertaining you for another year (or for the first time). Zach...
Correcting the Carbon Crisis
Climate change is one of the world’s biggest economic problems. To sufficiently reduce its impact, governments across the world must take significant action. This includes implementing policies to abate carbon emissions: a known cause of climate change. These...
The Little Brexit Who Could
Brexit - a word that can strike fear in residents of Britain and comes attached to the biggest political drama since Donald Trump. It’s not a bold statement to say that Brexit is a complete and utter mess at this point, and it’s clear to see that a lot of things...
Opinion: In Defence of the Welfare State
When it comes to Australian public discourse, the association of the Welfare State with the economic left is generally taken for granted. For those of us eager to avoid accusations of intellectual partisanship, it can be an attractive proposition to shirk our...
Modern Monetary Theory – The Legs are Off
In the climax of the Real Housewives of New York’s sixth season, Aviva declares “… the only thing artificial or fake about me is this!” Proceeding to throw her prosthetic leg across the table. In addition to being iconic, this also provides context to the debate...