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...
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Meriç Özsüer
- May 9, 2022
- 7 min
The Dream Empire
“Dream Empire”, a documentary set in China between 2012 and 2014, narrates the economic collapse of the Chinese real estate industry and...
Cinthya Nathaly Criollo Quiroz
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
The Costs of Procrastination
If time is money, then why do several people, especially college students waste it intentionally? It can be easily attributed to one of...
Cinthya Nathaly Criollo Quiroz
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
‘You Want It, You Got It’
If you ever happen to find a newspaper on the ground, and open a page of an article about drugs, what would you like to read about? It is...
Maria Diaz Macias
- Dec 4, 2019
- 4 min
Tackling Fake News: A Battle of Economic Incentives and Disincentives
It is very likely that this is not the first article about fake news that you read. The phenomenon has become viral in the past years,...
Berke Çavuşoğlu
- Oct 13, 2019
- 3 min
Dan Ariely in RfD: “Big Data needs variations and experiments at this point more than datasets
This week, Room for Discussion hosted Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University....
Achic Lema
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
Under the Shadow of the Great Recession – Room For Discussion
More on a decade following the most devastating financial crisis since the Great Depression. The effects of a crisis are experienced...
Ana Popovici
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
It Is OK to Work in Manufacturing
Education plays an essential part in the sustainable development of a country. Yet, it is often the most disregarded policy in newly...
Achic Lema
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min
Climate Change on Trial
“There is no planet B”, this was one of the many slogans during the 10th March protest against climate change in Amsterdam. An estimate...
Maria Diaz Macias
- Mar 13, 2019
- 5 min
Is the Time for Nuclear Power Over?
Nuclear power has generated a controversial debate. Proponents of this energy, such as the World Nuclear Association and...
Daniella Sorrosa
- Oct 9, 2018
- 5 min
The Perfect Recipe for Development
I decided to study economics when I was sixteen years old. Back then I did not know much about the subject, and although I am already in...
Daniella Sorrosa
- Aug 18, 2018
- 3 min
The vicious cycle of inequality and climate change
The earth is getting warmer. Whether you believe that this is merely a natural process or the effect of human actions; it is a fact that...
Mihai Vicol
- Jul 4, 2018
- 9 min
Consume, sleep, repeat
It is in human nature to feel in control of the choices we make in our own lives, such as going to the right university, marrying the...
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