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Is the Attention Economy Necessarily Harmful?
In the digital age, information is endless, contrary to a few decades ago, and the demand for attention continues to grow, with research...
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Oct 22, 2024
Social Value Orientation
Let’s imagine a hypothetical situation where you and your friend have gone out to dinner, and both of you would like the same dessert....
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Oct 14, 2024
Business People - Does Their Money Benefit Others?
Can positive impact in society be accredited to successful business people? Just accounting for the companies on the Forbes list, the...
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Sep 27, 2024
The Kondratieff Cycle: Economic Growth and Decline
For those of you who have studied economics or are studying economics at the moment, you may be familiar with the business cycle. I’d...
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Sep 17, 2024
Can AI Nudge Us Into Better Outcomes?
The exponential growth of artificial intelligence provides unprecedented opportunities to mould human behaviour and decision-making...
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Sep 14, 2024
The Sri Lankan Economic Crisis: Has It Recovered?
Sri Lanka is a country renowned for its beautiful beaches, natural beauty, and delicious food - no wonder it is one of the most popular...
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Sep 13, 2024
The Pipeline of Pure Maths to Applied Maths: How Maths is Used in Economics
Often, people hear about how economics is quite maths-heavy. For some people, this is a driving reason for studying economics, with the...
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Sep 3, 2024
What Does Homo Economicus Mean?
As you know, this website is named 'Homo Economicus', which may have led you to consider what this term actually means. Homo Economicus ,...
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Sep 3, 2024
The Icarus Paradox
Don’t fly too close to the Sun. Icarus succeeded in flying and reaching new heights however his new found success also lead to his...
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Aug 30, 2024
The UK's Push Into the Final Frontier
For those curious at heart about the enigmatic puzzles of cosmos and yearning to explore space, they must go no further than taking a...
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Jun 29, 2024
Rainbow Capitalism
As the clock strikes 12 and the month of June begins, companies and corporations globally change their logos, stick rainbows on their...
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Jun 23, 2024
How Football's Caterpillar Became Capitalism's Butterfly
The Butterfly Effect in Football: A Journey from Total Football to Commercialisation The concept of the butterfly effect – where small...
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Jun 20, 2024
Subsidies: An Analysis of Costs and Benefits
Subsidies are often considered beneficial in the public eye since they reduce the cost of producing goods and services. Examples of...
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Jun 16, 2024
The Phenomenon of Shrinkflation
The phenomenon of 'shrinkflation': so significant in the world currently that even a subreddit exists under its name - r/shrinkflation -...
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Jun 13, 2024
Climate Change and Renewable Energy: An Economic Perspective
The world we live in changes drastically year upon year. From the development of technology such as AI and its astonishing range of...
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Jun 11, 2024
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Homo Economicus is a global economics hub for students aged 11-18. Our aim is to provide a community for students interested in economics, and broaden students' knowledge through articles, reviews and recommendations, an economics discussion forum, live monthly debates, and links to extra resources.
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