Posts tagged ‘economics’

Terry Project on CiTR #52 – The New Debt Politics

The University of British Columbia is moving ahead with a 10% hike to international tuition fees, and a 20% hike on student rent. Obviously, students are…

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A History of Student Activism at UBC

  Blog post by Jane Young  Before you tuck into our latest BarTalk stuffed with discussion on the recent fee increases to hit UBC, whet your…

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Are you rational?

One thing I as an economics student get asked most is: why do economists think people are rational? Surely people don’t do calculations or complicated logical…

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Philanthropic Consumption: Starbucks’ (RED) Campaign and What They Should’ve Done

Starbucks has just launched a campaign. Here is a video and paragraph taken directly from the (RED) campaign website. The much anticipated Starbucks Holiday beverages will…

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