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...
Michael Wegmuller
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...