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Maximising Your Utility and Minimising Your Ambulance Trips at the UQES Ball: An Economic Insight
Much of my first-year microeconomics course was focused on the concept of maximising utility. What exactly is utility? The unassuming layman or fourth year ex-GPS rowing BAFE student who began their degree during COVID might ask. The irony of that question, however,...
Economic Rents in the Housing Market (Very Sad!)
There was a very happy time in high school where I could get a Large Quarter Pounder Meal for under ten dollars. This was very cool. But just as the blue spring of my youth faded into the double bitterness of age and missed first round Economics Ball tickets, so too...
Inflation Unrest and the Halo of Monetary Policy
Inflation has always been a frontrunner in the list of highly discussed economic indicators. It dictates wages, living costs, and, in election seasons, it dictates our political leaders. Countries experiencing hyperinflation are seen as paragons of tyranny and...
Lockdowns: A post-mortem in the context of health costs
RETURN OF THE COVID THINKPIECES… Let one thing be made clear: this is not a contrarian, myopic blasting of lockdown policies. It is irrefutable that Australia’s choice to lock down and lock out during the worst times of the pandemic, before the development of vaccines...
Russia-Ukraine: A Primer
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that Russia has invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Now, despite a flurry of Instagram posts with middle-class Australians lamenting how bad it is to be alive in this day and age (which seems somewhat...
Meet the Team
Daniel Walton Portfolio Position: Top dog Personal Economics Flaw: Thinking I can make money on the cartoon races Edgy Topic: Portuguese and Spanish are the same language My Best Characteristic: I can name every state in Australia. My Meanest Characteristic:...