Ioannis Milioritsas
Dominant Currency Paradigm - Do bilateral exchange rates matter for trade?
In their article, Gopinath et al. (2020) found evidence that global trade volumes and prices are significantly driven by the value of the...
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Sean Hays
Mar 30, 2022
Why Oil Mattered (and Still Does)
Yergin’s The Prize provides a sweeping account of the history of oil, using it as a lens to view the most impactful economic, political,...
Filippos Papasavvas
Mar 7, 2022
On the opposing nationalisms of Russia and Ukraine
Harris (2020) investigates the differing nationalist ideologies developed in Russia and Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet...
Swaantje Marten
Feb 28, 2022
How will the West punish Russia for invading Ukraine?
In a policy note from January 2022, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, a...
Sean Hays
Feb 5, 2022
Data bias as a source of sexism
Invisible Women is a damning critique of a world that – because it is designed by men, for men – is biased against women to varying...
Filippos Papasavvas
Feb 5, 2022
The Polish automotive sector – an FDI-led success story
Markiewicz (2019) investigates the Polish state’s role in nurturing the country’s automotive industry. By using protectionist,...
Sean Hays
Feb 5, 2022
On the origins of (de)regulation
Starting in the 1970s, neoliberalism and deregulation began to rear their head, leading to the rollback of government under Thatcherism...
Ioannis Milioritsas
Feb 5, 2022
The economic impact of climate change - A debate among economists
In their article, Nordhaus et al. (2017) investigate the economic impact of global warming. They estimate that a 3⁰C and 6 ⁰C increase in...
Filippos Papasavvas
Feb 5, 2022
On the relationship of consumerism and body fetishism
Baudrillard (1998), in the eighth chapter of his book ‘The Consumer Society’ explores the way in which body fetishism, particularly of...
Filippos Papasavvas
Feb 5, 2022
What is the source of the wealth of Russia’s billionaires?
The Treisman (2016) paper analyses the profile of Russia’s billionaires over the past 30 years, who are found to have diversified across...
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