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Economics, Podcast, UK

Assessing the Virtues of Negative Interest Rates

Early this year, the Bank of England (BoE) was reported to have instructed banks to prepare for negative interest rates within six months.  The BoE purportedly did so as part of its plans for a monetary stimulus to resuscitate the UK economy ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Economists have since been divided on whether driving the BoE’s base rate from the already ultra-low 0.1% to … Continue reading Assessing the Virtues of Negative Interest Rates

Unknown's avatarMarco Bulat4 Comments
Development, Finance and Markets, International, Podcast

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Asset or Liability?

A Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) is a fund managed by the state and comprised of income generated from the government’s surplus reserves. SWFs have been an important aspect of the economic landscape for almost two decades, and their numbers have increased dramatically since the 2008 Financial Crisis, with over 100 funds controlling nearly $8 trillion in assets globally. Many Sovereign Wealth Funds have enjoyed great … Continue reading Sovereign Wealth Funds: Asset or Liability?

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Business and Technology, UK

The Effects of Nationalisation on the British Coal Industry

Although Britain had defeated the Axis Powers in the Second World War, the country was falling from its status as the world’s sole economic heavyweight. 1945 was the second consecutive year that GDP per capita had fallen. Influenced by economists like William Beveridge and John Maynard Keynes, British economic policy operated under the guidance of the “Post-War Consensus”. From the end of the Second World … Continue reading The Effects of Nationalisation on the British Coal Industry

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Car bodies being worked on by robots
Business and Technology, Environment, UK

The Future of the UK’s Sustainable Automotive Industry: Can it save us from a double-dip recession?

On the 18th of November 2020, Boris Johnson announced his Ten Point Plan to drive the UK’s ‘green industrial revolution’, an ambitious plan with reforms in many high-carbon industries such as electricity and transportation. With the predictions that unemployment could reach 2.6 million by mid-2021 along with the fears of a double-dip recession, we may ask whether such costly reforms are currently appropriate, given the … Continue reading The Future of the UK’s Sustainable Automotive Industry: Can it save us from a double-dip recession?

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Business and Technology, International

Can Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies save the Internet of Things?

The world of technology and science is mutable and ever-changing. Therefore, businesses and the structure of society adapt to these developments in order to maximise profits: they are closely interconnected. The future of the internet is the Internet of Things (IoT), which is defined as “the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.” For … Continue reading Can Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies save the Internet of Things?

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