The economics of exploitation, Part II: counterfactual history and the importance of strong institutions
“Europe is responsible before the human community for the highest heap of corpses in human history” -Aimé Césaire,...
Michael Wegmuller
The economics of exploitation – Part I: the economic processes of slavery and colonialism
This series of articles in two parts will explore the economic aspects of slavery and colonization. The first...
How not to measure happiness: alternatives to GDP
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure” Marilyn Strathern, 1997, inspired by...
Why are we still buying bottled water?
Disclaimer: This article, while heavily focused on the USA for reasons of availability of statistics, is not US...
Retour sur la conférence de la GEW : « Du stress au burnout ; prendre soin de sa santé mentale lorsqu’on est entrepreneur ! »
Du 16 au 19 novembre se tenait la Global Entrepreneurship Week. C’est dans le contexte de sa deuxième...
A man, his words and his two golden balls: Game theory in practice
If you’ve ever taken a microeconomics class, you’ve probably heard of game theory, the study of how people...
Revolutionizing the fight against global poverty: the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics
With the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics being revealed today, now seems like the ideal time to look...
