Economy Archive
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Somalia needs a New Deal for Peace
Posted on July 2, 2013Last year Somalian Journalist Mohamud Uluso warned that “the future forebodes more pessimism and treachery than optimism and trustworthiness”. His pessimism seemed (almost) misplaced in the recent chorus excitement about Somalia’s progress ... -
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Serbia’s Journey to the Holy Grail: A Report on its Accession into the EU
Posted on June 24, 2013Serbia has been seen as corrupt, politically unstable, technologically backward, and filled with ethnic tensions. The violence Serbia has engaged in tainted its reputation and it will remain in infamy ... -
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Somali Piracy – Misguided Complacency by the International Community?
Posted on January 28, 2013This article was originally published in The Huffington Post. One of Somalia’s most prominent pirates, Mohamed Abdi Hassan alias Big Mouth, has announced his retirement. After eight years of capturing ... -
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Guilty Pleasure: Slavery and Child Labour in the Production of Chocolate
Posted on December 20, 2012Hundreds of thousands of children work on cocoa farms to produce chocolate consumed around the world. Marsha van der Krabben & Thomas Hauschildt I Originally published in Think Africa Press For many, Christmas ... -
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Is Democracy good for economic growth? Part III
Posted on November 27, 2012So, economic development precipitates the growth of a middle class, which, in turn, ferments political reform, best manifested through democratisation. But does this transition promote further growth? The answer is ... -
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The Arctic Gold Rush: How Global Warming can lead to increased global energy security
Posted on November 13, 2012At the end of August, NASA delivered a statement, later confirmed by the American National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC), as well as the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), in ... -
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Is Democracy Good For Economic Growth? Part II
Posted on October 8, 2012Three weeks ago I argued that democracy often inhibits the economic growth of developing states. This is because democracy generally results in the diffusion of economic decision making throughout the ... -
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Is Democracy Good For Economic Growth? Part I
Posted on September 15, 2012As the world becomes increasingly fearful of the economic crisis which has emerged within the Eurozone, it seems poignant to contrast the fate of Greece, the home of democracy, and ... -
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A Brief Update on Previous Blog Post on the Eurozone
Posted on September 13, 2012Further to my post on the failures of the European Union and its respective governments, I felt it worthwhile to briefly discuss the news from this week. The good news ... -
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The Failure of European Economic Integration
Posted on September 7, 2012The symptoms of the global financial crisis started in 2007, although the causes naturally can be traced further back, primarily to loose monetary policies, allowing for credit to become easier ...