Guanxi: asset or liability?
Doing business in China can be complicated and that's why Guanxi is a great example to illustrate it.
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03/04/2021
How is the EU implementing strategies to favour a circular economic model?
The globally dominant economic model, the "take-make-waste" extractive industrial model, is depleting the planet's resources and creating tonnes of waste. Is it reasonable to switch to a more sustainable "Circular Economic Model" and how is the EU doing it?
25/02/2021
Modern Monetary Theory : Sensible or Dangerous
MMT has transitioned from academic obscurity to challenge the political and economic establishment. Is MMT imperative to revitalise economic thought or a quixotic fantasy which is radical and wrong?
10/02/2021
Chinese Development Finance In Africa: A Blessing Or A Curse?
In recent years there has been a sharp uptick in Chinese development finance to Africa. This begs the question of whether it is something to be celebrated, or something to be wary of.
21/01/2021
Global Health Inequalities: Vaccines
Having pre-ordered enough COVID-19 vaccines to immunise their populaces a few times over, the world's wealthiest countries have already administered millions of shots. But for the developing world, the wait for any doses at all could be much longer.
15/01/2021
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Foreign Aid: Should It Be Cut?
Many countries, including the UK, are cutting their foreign aid budget due to the fiscal pressures of Covid-19. Is this the right approach, or is it fundamentally misguided?
21/12/2020
Microfinance: The Solution to Poverty?
Global poverty is a dilemma that has ailed economists for millennia. A possible solution has arisen in the aftermath of the Bangladesh Famine of 1974 - microfinance. Now implemented in multiple countries, is this the magic bullet we have been waiting for?
07/12/2020
A Policy Paradigm or a Policy Paralysis
What seems like a blessing in the form of the government stimulus schemes could infact be a death blow. Read to find out whether the current economic measures put in place are helping you in the long term or whether they are burying your future job prospects.
26/11/2020
Endgame: The US Presidential Election
A global pandemic and economic crisis. Two contrasting visions of a future America. The stage is set for the most contested elections in recent US history. In an election with implications for decades to come, which of the two candidates is most compelling?
01/11/2020
Greenwashing and Corporate Environmentalism
What does it mean for a product to be ‘sustainable’, ‘green’ or ‘environmentally friendly’? Here we explore the growing trend of greenwashing, how to spot it, and how to distinguish it from genuine corporate environmental efforts.
16/10/2020
