Spend your third year abroad, studying at one of UCL’s partner universities. A* in Mathematics required, plus if Economics is offered it must be grade A. A total of 19 points in three higher level ...

Today, I shall weigh in on the economics of public holiday, the micro, macro and meso effects of public holidays on the economy. The microeconomic effects Public holidays can have a significant ...

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Investors' high hopes coming into 2025 are slowly being dashed. The optimism that was priced into the market is starting to reverse course. The S&P 500's pullback last week could indicate that ...

Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. He thinks we should slow down and make sure we’re using AI the right way. For all the talk about artificial intelligence upending the ...

The layoffs from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could be much bigger than many expect, according to a prominent economist, who warned about DOGE-led “growing” risks ...

A prominent economist has sounded the alarm over the potential economic turmoil that could result from Elon Musk’s aggressive cost-cutting measures in the federal government. The warning comes as ...

The 46-year-old is raising two sons with a Sri Lankan-born woman, a filmmaker, and speaks fluent English and Mandarin, having done a doctorate in economics in China. A western German leading a ...

Jesse Rothstein, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley, predicted on BlueSky this week that the employment report for March 2025 will show “bigger job ...

An economist believes New Zealand's house prices will begin to lift this year after a "deep downturn". CoreLogic New Zealand's February housing chart pack showed increased activity last month among ...