Insight Column

Our journalists pick a timeless concept, explain, analyse and dig deep. Enjoy

The Metaverse : Not Ready Player One

Eleanor Carmel| 18th November 2021

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Are We Rational?

Aishi Basu | 28th September 2021

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Can Economic Theory ‘Solve’ Chess?

Aishi Basu | 21st July 2021

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Cultural Appropriation vs Appreciation: Where do we draw the line?

Anavi Hosaangaadi

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Are footballers paid too much?

Lahari Paladugu | 3rd May 2021

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Tax Avoidance: Myth or Reality?

Lahari Paladugu | 19th April 2021

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Banning Semi-Automatic weapons: would it dramatically impact gun crime?

Tommy Williams | 16th April 2021

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The Global Gender Gap: Why Is Worldwide Gender Equality One Step Further Away?

Nikita Karri | 13th April 2021

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Referendums: Are They Undermining Our Democracy?  

Josh Lamyman | 25th March 2021

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GDP is a bumbling mess: Is it time to redefine economic development?  

Nikita Karri | 20th March 2021

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Amazon: Does it have too much control?

Flo Stephens | 16th March 2021

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The Fraud at the Centre of UK Elections

Freddie Cooke and Stephen Skinner | 9th March 2021

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One Belt and One Road to Africa

Luca Chandler and Alex Payling | 22nd February 2021

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Is Castroism Dead In Cuba?

Will Cutlan-Smyth | 19th February 2021

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Expensive and oily: what lessons can the UK take from Norway’s economy?

Jonny Philp | 11th February 2021

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Why isn’t Globalisation Working For The ‘Bottom Billion’?

Flo Stephens | 10th February 2021

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Post-war Socialism: An English Mistake?

Edward Hart | 25th January 2021

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Big Tech: Do They Serve us, or do we Serve Them?

Will Cutlan-Smyth | 19th January 2021

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Meritocracy: As good as it seems?

Freddie Cooke | 2nd January 2021

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The Lies Behind The Big Short

Can we all get rich from shorting the stock market? Caspar Slee separates fact from fiction |15th December 2020

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Unpicking The Gender Pay Gap.

Penny Zacharatou and Holly Harrisson | 20th December 2020

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Current Affairs

News analysis, new headlines and breaking stories

Is decentralized finance destined for doom? – Examining the negative externalities of Bitcoin

Francis Kwame Adu | 11th October 2021

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Post-Merkelism: A New Germany?

Elliot Wood | 3rd October 2021

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The Covid-19 Crisis and an Incompetent Scottish Government: What Nicola Sturgeon Hopes You’ll Forget Before the Next Election

Harry Grieve | 29th July 2021

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What’s happened after a year of Keir?

Nikita Karri and Eleanor Carmel | 27th April 2021

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The Eurozone: looking towards a brighter future

Elliot Wood | 8th April 2021

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Scottish Election: Why Scotland’s prosperity depends on SNP success

Josh Traynor | 6th April 2021

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The Everywoman Who Struck The Nation’s Heart

Penny Zacharatou | 5th April 2021

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Russia and The EU: Cold War 2.0?

Elliot Wood | 1st April 2021

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Rising debt. Rising tax. Rising unemployment. Will the budget change anything?

Elliot Wood | 6th March 2021

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The Reddit Revolution: Was it always poised to fail?

Freddie Cooke | 1st March 2021

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Navalny: Putin’s Ballsy Blunder?

William Worthy | 27th February 2021

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The Rise of Populism on the World Stage

Timothy Macy | 18th January 2021

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From Israel to France: The Case For Free Market Incentives in Mass Vaccination


Freddie Cooke | 5th January 2021

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The Storming of the Capitol: a Shameful Day for a Proud Democracy

Tommy Williams | 7th January 2021

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Biden’s Minimum Wage Policy: A Blessing Or A Curse?

Freddie Cooke looks at not only the empirical evidence, but the practical ground to reject Joe Biden’s minimum wage hike | 3rd January 2021

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CANZUK: The Second Coming of the British Empire or a Transatlantic Suicide-Pact? 

Joe Alfieri looks into the arguments for and against the looming deal between the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. |1st January 2021

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Why Is The US Stock Market at an all time high…again?.

Henry Taylor | 29th December 2020

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Controversy Column

Our journalists write in order to provoke thought through out of the ordinary opinions.

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Is Anarchism the Solution to the 21st Century?

Josh Lamyman | 24th September 2021

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What the World needs to learn
from Donald Trump

Elliot Wood | 2nd March 2021

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Black Lives Matter: They matter too much to have the Black Lives Matter organisation leading the charge

11th January 2021

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Debate Column

Two writers. Opposite opinions. You decide who is more convincing.

Is It Time For Universal Basic Income?

Freddie Cooke and Anoushka Chawla | 20th April 2021

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Proportional Representation:

Is it the Answer?

Freddie Cooke and Josh Lamyman | 12th March 2021

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Should the UK take more immigrants?

Elliot Wood and Tommy Williams

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The Student Economist Explains

Our journalists take a tricky piece of news and break it down into bite size chunks.

Game Stop a month on, what just happened?

Caspar Slee | Monday 1st March 2021

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