Arguably the society of today can be considered to be significantly better than the society 1000 years ago; with improved healthcare,...

In the city of Kingsmere, a small town located on the suburbs of Bicester, the streets are flooded with children playing, parents...

The NHS defines a person as obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or over. Using this, the Health Survey for England,...

What is a subsidy? A subsidy is a government grant to firms in the hope that firms will reduce the price and increase the...

Relative interest rates- If interest rates are high, there is better return for savings in the UK, meaning greater hot money flows into...

What is a currency? By definition, it is a medium of exchange for goods and services. If I were to simplify this further, it’s actually...

16 soldiers are stationed in the woods around dune buggies. Drones the size of sparrows thread their way through the conifers overhead,...

The world is diseased with inequality. According to an OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, study released...

The Olympic Games is the most prestigious sporting event in the world attracting the world’s best athletes to compete against each other...

When COVID-19 first hit, employment rates sank like the Titanic. The number of women aged 25 to 54 shrank by a massive 13% in the first 4...

Is the rise of retail investors the dawn of a new era on Wall Street? One where not only the rich and affluent can take advantage of what...

When people hear the name “Mexico” their brain goes either one of two routes. They would either remember of the positive, lively side of...

Newsflash for 31/1/2021 to 7/2/2021 Welcome to the first episode of the EngageIn Econ Podcast. We are your hosts: Nikhil Chidipothu and...

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Since the Great Depression of the 1930s caused by the Wall Street Crash in 1929, the financial crisis was among the biggest crisis the...

To better understand the causes and effects of the 2008 financial crisis, we must first understand simply what a financial crisis is. Put...