Breaking Bonds: The UK Mini-Budget and the Treasury Turmoil
The not-so-mini budget that nearly caused another Lehman moment The economic landscape of the United Kingdom witnessed significant...
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Ng Zhi Rui
Oct 318 min read
Afraid to Get Your Hands Dirty?
Keeping clean takes work. Every evening, we dutifully wash off the debris of the day. When we were young, perhaps we had to be taught, but
Shravya Gowda
Oct 86 min read
Making Green From Green: The Influence of ESG Scores on European Stock Returns
Exploring Stock Performance Through an Enhanced Fama-French Model Suppose you are presented with a choice between a blue pill and a red...
Henry Kurze
Sep 164 min read
Does EU Law Effectively Mitigate Online Disinformation’s Influence on Elections?
“The mind of the enemy and the will of his leaders is a target of far more importance than the bodies of his troops.” — Mao Zedong The...
Sylvia Luptakova
Aug 264 min read
Turning Up the Heat: How Climate Risks Are Shaping Investment Strategies
This summer, the 22nd of July marked the hottest day recorded on Earth (Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2024) . In fact, the...
Elias Griepentrog
Jul 265 min read
Navigating Nonlinear Dynamics in the Economy: The Impact of Job Openings on Unemployment
The Federal Reserve embarked on an aggressive tightening cycle in 2022, raising interest rates from nearly 0% to a range between 5.25%...
Rostra Economica
Jul 182 min read
Make your work visible by publishing in the Rostra Thesis Series!
Did you put a lot of effort into your thesis, did you reach interesting conclusions, or did you explore a novel concept in your subject...
Kawtar Rettab
May 159 min read
Metaverse: Exploring Business Opportunities and Cryptocurrency Trends
A pair of digital Nike shoes were sold for 134k. A box of virtual land, $4.3 million. Why?
Juanita Bloomfield
May 22 min read
How Nudges Can Shape Parenthood: Interventions on parental involvement and child-caregiver interactions
Family environments in the first years of life are key to a child's development. Recent evidence in the field of behavioral economics...
Davide Pace
Feb 155 min read
Can Carbon Label Help Fighting Climate Change?
It is just before 13.00. Hungry, you rush to the UvA canteen after a long class. Same steps and same classmates as many other days, but...
Santiago Mengual
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Monke and Capital: Exposition on the Systems of Labour
In the evolutionary timeline, it is not easy to get around the means by which certain evolutionary artefacts have attached themselves to...
John Gatev
Oct 5, 20236 min read
The Value of Timekeeping: A Reappraisal of Past and Current Meaning
Dalle AI Nine billionths of a second. A unit of measurement so accurate that, by comparison, a wristwatch becomes a blunt instrument for...
Santiago Mengual
Jun 14, 202313 min read
Quit Smoking: How Wealth is Built of Metaphysics and Cigarettes
There are many reasons why people struggle to quit smoking, but it almost always concerns a wrong understanding of how they perceive...
John Gatev
May 16, 20234 min read
The Myth Of Communications Artistry: Exploring The Value Of A Scientific Approach For Organisations
Within the rigidity of corporate structures, there is no function more ill-defined than that of communications. Conjuring images of...
Stella Botta
Mar 11, 20234 min read
Are protests at the UvA getting out of hand?
In the afternoon of Monday, January 16, 2023, dozens of UvA students and teachers occupied a university building. Their reason? Once...
Santiago Mengual
Feb 27, 20239 min read
The Future of Urban Living: What to Expect from Saudi Arabia's 'The Line'
‘The Line’. The envisioned utopia to be built in Saudi Arabia by 2030 in the shape of a straight line, promises many things: 1) driven by...
John Gatev
Jan 23, 20235 min read
Why Unicorns Matter: Spas Kyosev On The Importance Of Storytelling
Economic growth is a function of physical capital, human capital, and ideas – the factor that binds them into output. A simple yet...
Sanjana Majumdar
Oct 31, 20224 min read
The Destructive Growth of UvA: an Overview of the Effects
Protest against the University of Amsterdam’s growth, October 13, 2022. The “Tragedy of the Commons”, is a socio-economic concept that...
Yazan Azab
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Sisyphus, Suicide and the Search for Meaning
“There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide” – Albert Camus 800,000 people committed suicide in 2020,...
Sanjana Majumdar
Oct 14, 20223 min read
The Destructive Growth of UvA: an Overview of Causes
Protest against the University of Amsterdam’s growth, October 13, 2022. Alejandro was just like any other student, wanting to pursue his...
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