Reading time: 3 minutes According to a 2019 study, an average person could be ingesting as many as 1,900 microplastic particles a week, which is equivalent to eating a credit card. But how does [ … ]
Tributing Alberto Alesina by Designing the Future: Our Coverage of the Event
Reading time: 5 minutes Alberto Alesina was one of the most renowned and respected political economists in the world, and when he passed away, in 2020, he left a void that is not easy [ … ]
Yen’s Historic Fall
Reading time: 7 minutes In April, the Japanese yen plunged to its weakest level against the US dollar since May 2002. Why did this happen, what will be the consequences, and what are Japan’s [ … ]
Disney: The Art of Telling Timeless Stories
Reading time: 3 minutes “I’ll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.” – Vera Nazarian, author Stories are almost as old as language itself. We human beings [ … ]
Interview with Nicola Gennaioli
Reading time: 4 minutes Nicola Gennaioli is a Full Professor of Finance at Bocconi University. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Bocconi University before completing his Ph.D. at Harvard University. He conducts [ … ]
Once upon a Time in Reality TV
Reading time: 3 minutes This article explores what relation reality TV shows bear to reality and investigates the distortive techniques that are used in these shows to construct a narrative. Movies and TV series are fiction. Reality [ … ]
Tra i Leoni & Jobs: Interview with Marco Tabellini
Reading time: 13 minutes Marco Tabellini is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi before pursuing a [ … ]
A Trainee at the ECB: Interview with Maui Brennan
Reading time: 4 minutes Maui Brennan is a second-year M.Sc. student in Bocconi’s Economic and Social Sciences (ESS) program. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, with [ … ]
A masterclass with Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful
Reading time: 6 minutes The event “Masterclass with Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful” was held at Bocconi University on 23 September 2021, with the participation of Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful, Francesca Ragazzi, and Simone [ … ]
Tra i Leoni & Jobs: Interview with Ekaterina Gavrilova
Reading time: 4 minutes Ekaterina Gavrilova is an assistant professor of finance at the Nova School of Business and Economics. She completed her Ph.D. in finance at Bocconi. Her research interests are corporate finance, [ … ]