ESA’s weekly links post consists of the most interesting and relevant articles and posts we come across every week. It will include links from old media news outlets and quality independent blogs.
The Weekly Links are compiled by the ESA analyst team.
Black Friday
Stores plan big promotions and discounts for the day after Thanksgiving, but consumers’ willingness [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Weekly Links for November 28, 2008
Posted on November 29, 2008 – 10:35 PM
Free Trade Killed Neanderthal Man?
Applying economic logic to just about everything has been a popular pastime of academics long before Freakonomics hit the shelves. But lately there has been a growing recognition that modern economic theory could even be used to explain pre-modern events. Perhaps this has been best illustrated by an article in the American Economic Review entitled [...]
Posted on November 29, 2008 – 6:09 PM
The Economic Outlook on asset bubbles and India
Our fourth issue of The Economic Outlook examines asset bubbles, India’s bright future, a bailout of Detroit’s “Big Three,” as well as a look into the issues surrounding transparency and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Posted on November 26, 2008 – 1:16 AM
Tomorrow: The Right Honourable Paul Martin
The Economics Students’ Association is proud to announce that we will be hosting former Prime Minister Paul Martin this Wednesday, November 26th, 2008. The event will be held at Alumni Hall, and doors open for general admittance at 2:30 pm. Admission will be free to all members of the UWO and London community
Paul Martin [...]
Posted on November 25, 2008 – 4:30 AM
Weekly Links for November 21, 2008
ESA’s weekly links post consists of the most interesting and relevant articles and posts we come across every week. It includes links from old media news outlets and quality independent blogs.
The Weekly Links are compiled by the ESA analyst team.
Piracy v. Private Equity: A Comparison
Pirate activities exist in modern times, and they are growing [...]
Posted on November 22, 2008 – 10:32 AM
Ethanol, We Hardly Knew You
In light of oil’s super-spike in price last summer and the recent elections, energy sustainability and independence has become something of a hot topic. While the issue of whether to raise the limit on ethanol as a percentage of retail gasoline above ten percent has taken backseat to “bigger” problems such as the state of [...]