by Laurie Bristow | 15 May, 2018 | Blog
We all learn in our first-year economics courses about economies of scale – the concept that the larger a firm becomes, the more cost efficient it can be. This cost efficiency comes through the streamlining its processes (#lowermarginalcosts) and can often provide the...
by Tim O’Brien | 08 Apr, 2018 | Blog
Once every four years, we all pretend to understand how diving is scored, or that the reason we watch the beach volleyball is for the score. It is also around this time that many of us find ourselves asking what the point of the Commonwealth Games is if half the world...
by Tim O’Brien | 13 Mar, 2018 | Blog
With the annual UQES pub crawl just around the corner, this year in collaboration with the UQLS, you may be wondering: what is bitcoin? Is it a tangible object I can hold? Is it a gift bestowed upon man by the gods who are in turn leading us to our own salvation?...
by Tim O’Brien | 04 Mar, 2018 | Blog
Come one, come all, for the Subjects Fair is right around the corner! Coming up on March 7, this is the perfect opportunity for students like yourself to pull your lives together and begin planning out the rest of your degree! We’re going to have lecturers from every...
by Tim O’Brien | 19 Feb, 2018 | Blog
With a big year ahead of us and market day behind us, it’s time for the UQES publications team to spread its wings and flaunt its colours. Be nice, we’re shy. Whilst UQES’ other portfolios will be bringing you events where you’ll meet your new best friends, have some...
by Tim O’Brien | 09 Dec, 2017 | Blog
2017 Publications Director Eddie Watson sits down for an interview with Nathan Cotton, an economist for QIC. A bit about Nathan EW: So, let’s start with a bit about yourself. How did you progress from doing Honours, to working at the RBA, and then now at QIC? NC: I...
