The cultural road to happiness
- By Andrew Isabirye
- 7 February, 2013
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The economics of happiness is starting to lose it’s novelty factor. We’ve all heard the main arguments before; Higher GDP per capita does not equal more happiness. Capitalism and consumerism … Continue Reading →
Politics of Egypt and the Rule of Law
- By Umar Lone
- 22 January, 2013
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The Situation Egypt’s recently elected Muhammad Morsi promised relief and change, following over a year of political turmoil. The general consensuses for the reason behind Morsi’s victory was that voters … Continue Reading →
Better Than Nothing? The UK Aid Program
- By Abby Emery
- 18 January, 2013
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“Something must be done, anything must be done, whether it works or not.” – Bob Geldof The unfavourable economic climate and the consequential austerity program in the UK has led … Continue Reading →
The Geopolitics of Oil (Special reference to Middle East Oil Markets)
- By Mahamid Mustafa Ahmed
- 30 November, 2012
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It has often been cited that global oil is only an abundant reserve for the world’s corrupt leaders, however what is often missed and frequently evaded are the … Continue Reading →
Imran Khan – A future built on Youth
- By Nabeel Asif
- 22 November, 2012
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With Pakistan’s elections fast approaching in spring of 2013, people are paying close attention to the policies promised by Imran Khan, the Tahreek-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) leader. Speaking at King’s … Continue Reading →
Austerity: too little, too slow
- By Amit Lakhani
- 9 November, 2012
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Not many would agree with the current government austerity drive, but the early call on austerity has anchored UK interest rates at record lows. However, the question is: is this … Continue Reading →
To 2015 and beyond…
- By Gemma McNeil-Walsh
- 6 November, 2012
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With three years until their 2015 expiry date, the Millennium Development Goals are already out of fashion. The post-2015 debate is well under way and with the first meeting of the … Continue Reading →
Banking and Positive Money
- By Brian Chance
- 6 November, 2012
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The principles governing money and banking are simple. The purpose of money and banking is to serve the productive economy and the financial economy that deals entirely in money is … Continue Reading →
Case For Microfinance
- By Shams Kabir
- 5 November, 2012
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In 1976, Dr Muhammad Yunus, a Professor of Economics at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh, inadvertently laid the foundations of Grameen (“Village”) Bank and the modern incarnation of microcredit … Continue Reading →
Churchill on Land
- By Nabeel Asif
- 30 October, 2012
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I have been talking a great deal about taxation and where we should start when it comes to ‘tax’. It is easy to see the current system as given, and … Continue Reading →