Reading time: 4 minutes Migration — a topic that has dominated conversations, shaped political preferences, and chalked a stark divide in society. But between the familiar accusations regarding the stealing of jobs against impassioned [ … ]
Tag: Economics
Nobel Perspectives Live! Milan Recap
Reading time: 6 minutes On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Bocconi University, along with UBS group, hosted an inspiring event that talked about the role of technology in economics and how it can fight climate [ … ]
The price of being on top of the trends
Reading time: 3 minutes Living in Milan we are exposed to fashion on a daily basis. Even though fashion is a unique and interesting part of our culture many of us remain unaware of [ … ]
The first Indian SaaS IPO: Story of Freshworks
Reading time: 3 minutes On September 23rd, 2021, Freshworks filed for an IPO becoming the first Indian SaaS company to be listed on Nasdaq. Although this might sound somewhat ordinary, given that various companies [ … ]
The Great Resignation
Reading time: 6 minutes How the pandemic has made it difficult for firms to retain workers Job quits have always been an important indicator of the state of the macroeconomy. As people quit their [ … ]
Pandora Papers – The new ‘Offshore’
Reading time: 5 minutes “The Pandora Papers revealed plenty of dirt on politicians, celebrities and billionaires, and yet the role of governments remains much undiscussed. While learning about the Pandora Papers more generally, what [ … ]
A Global game: The NBA’s international evolution
Reading time: 3 minutes The National Basketball Association (NBA) rakes in on average 8 billion U.S. dollars yearly, making it the 3rd most profitable sports league in the world. Interestingly enough, this figure is [ … ]
Nobel Prize in Economic sciences 2021: the winners
Reading time: 2 minutes Economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. This Monday, October 11th, three economists won the Nobel Prize in Economics for working on [ … ]
Libya’s Interim Government: A New Chapter?
Reading time: 7 minutes In March, Libya’s new interim government was appointed, intending to replace both the warring Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli and the Interim Government situated in Tobruk. Referred [ … ]
Colombia’s Political Economy of Violence
Reading time: 6 minutes #nosestamosmatando A roadmap to understanding Colombia’s surging protests. For the past week, Colombia has been in the headlines of multiple national and international newspapers. On 28th April 2021, after the [ … ]