Author: Lukas Pietilä
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The rockstar president who is rocking Argentina’s economy
A deep-dive into the underlying economic conditions in Argentina. Last month, the Argentine primaries elected far-right free-market anarchist Javier Milei as the country’s president. With a majority of over 55% of the votes, the former economist captivated the hearts of millions through his unorthodox demeanor and rhetoric. His promise? Fixing Argentina’s economy. Argentina: an economic…
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The labour market: Europe’s greatest inflationary pressure of 2024?
With the unemployment and job vacancy rate achieving record figures of a low 6.5% and high 2.9% respectively, Europe’s producers are feeling the pinch of growing unit labour costs. Post pandemic job recovery has been strong, with expansionary government initiatives supporting economic growth; expansion and overheating that resulted in soaring inflation last year. The subsequent…
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Holiday Special: My favourite economics podcasts
Podcasts can be a great, informative and entertaining way to learn about economics and stay up to date with current world events. Here’s some of the best econ podcasts of the last year: 1. Planet Money You’re likely to find NPR’s Planet Money to be at the top of any economics podcast rankings – and…
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Frankfurt’s verdict – the Eurosystem’s economic outlook
It’s that exciting time again – the ECB’s main decision-making body, its Governing Council, has set the key interest rates in the euro area. The European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, announced in a press release last week the Governing Council’s latest outlook for monetary conditions within the Eurosystem, strongly stating the direction of monetary…
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Climate change in an industrialized world
Immediate and decisive action is required to reduce anthropological emissions and to mitigate the impacts that are shaping our world today. With rapidly declining biodiversity, increasing compound extreme events and an ever-growing divide between the rich and poor, ignorance is not an excuse and willful inaction is a crime. Nevertheless, a turbulent economic climate and…
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