Universit Name the economics essay Books read or magazines/journals: Extra-curricular & super-curricular Other (non-essay Other relevant
ay Other relevant info Outline specific areas
y course competitions you have
& entered (write the titles of
location the essays you wrote and a
And very brief outline of what you
career argued or put forward in
aim? each essay)– have you been
successful with any of these?
Economi NCH ESSAY COMPETITION:
cs at What problems do
Cambrid economists need to solve
ge is the in the next 20 years and
goal. will A.I help them?
I argued that they need to
No solve the social and
particul environmental problems of
ar Climate change, inequality
career and an ageing population-
aim- for A.I can help all 3 but it’ll
now, I take more than 20 years to
just solve them with A.I
want to
study FITWILLIAM LAND
ECONOMY ESSAY
COMPETITION: Citizens
should hold the
government accountable
to their citizens for loss
caused by climate change’
I argued that given most
economies are mixed,
there’s an element of both
free and centrally planned
economies. As consumers
and producers, we have a
duty in the market to act in
1) The Value of Everything:
Making and Taking in the
Global Economy
2) Doughnut Economics
3) GDP- A brief but
affectionate history
4) New Ideas from Dead
Economists
5) Poor Economics
6) The Bottom Billion: Why
the poorest countries are
failing and what can be
done about it
7) Thinking fast and Slow
8) The Great Economists
Looking to read Good Economics
for Hard Times soon
Also:
(http://timharford.com/books/
undercovereconomist/
Undercover Economist- blog
http://
mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/
MainlyMacro blog- I’ve read all
his post since the beginning of
March
involvement (e.g. EPQ (please based) economics for Economics (e.g. of economics (on
reference the title, if related to related work experience or both sides of the
Economics, and give a brief outline of competitions other out of school course Macro and
your EPQ), conferences and lectures entered and activities) Micro) that you are
(who were the key speakers and topics
where did you most interested in:
and where?), MOOCs (name them and
place (budget
briefly outline what you learnt),
Economics Society (what was your competition, BASE
involvement – did you present etc.):
anything?), helping in econ clinic):
EPQ: If happiness was the goal, Student Investor- I will be going to a Development
what economic objectives would Team Name: Debate Chamber Economics- initially
be help us measure and achieve Eboneezer Summer School in inspired by Raworth
the goal? Fraser, we came Mid-August- the with her Doughnut
I.E instead of the current 16th in the Semi- topics covered model, I’ve quickly
objectives of growth, inflation… finals (top 8 there will be realised that
if we put happiness at the reached the final) Monetary policy, development
centre (similar to how Raworth development, economics is far
put the environment/society at Libf: Why should growth, more complex. I
the centre), what goals would young people financial/forex feel there are 2
help us measure it. consider a career markets to name a stages: one to
For the literature review, I found in Finance- few. It appears to develop developing
that unemployment causes something I me, that it’ll be countries, where
unhappiness, but income, regret entering, debate-based, so I growth matters,
growth and inflation, although as I’m not hope that improves and 2nd to develop
they correlate, don’t necessarily convinced that my economics the developed,
cause or create happiness. finance really is a speaking ability (i.e where the
To find new objectives, I’ve career worth I become a more doughnut can play
looked at a few psychometric advertising fluent a big role. Poor
measures, with good content talker/debater of Economics gave a
and predictive validity, such as Bank of England economics, using remarkable insight
the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale Climate Change any related into micro-policies
and General Self-efficacy scale. Blog competition: knowledge I have) such as MFI’s, or
These measure I argued the need even simple
confidence/aspirations. I’ll also to reduce Me and my friends changes in
look at ways of measuring work- population to from another mindset/goals in
life balance and stress on other help combat the school are starting a industries.
types of inequalities- wealth, financial risks of podcast (monthly)- History: it feels to
our self-interest to make
the Invisible Hand work.
The government’s duty is
to maximise our welfare/
correct market
failures/negative
externalities such as
climate change- failure to
do so reflects a failure to
fulfil duty, so I agree with
the statement.
IEA ESSAY PRIZE
Using inspiration from Paul
Collier, I explained that
Asia’s growing fastest due
to it making the most of
globalisation in the 80’s.
Africa and S.America were
unable to do so, and Africa
fell into traps which
they’ve only just got out of,
hence they’re growing
slower. S.America’s growth
is volatile, due to natural
resource dependence. And
the developed world is
growing slowly due to
convergence/law of
diminishing marginal
returns/S-curve of growth.
Part b: Inspired from
Mazzucato, and the history
of value, I argued that no
economic value can be
placed on naturally
produced public goods.
http://
gregmankiw.blogspot.co.uk/
I’ve read some of his posts,
mostly focussed on the economic
effects of COVID-19 recently
THE ECONOMIST, BBC News and
the Evening Standard are my
typical sources of news
IEA Webinars on: Impact of
Covid-19 on economics ft. Sir
Vince Cable and one looking at
climate change ft. Bruno Prior
opportunity… Obviously, I’ll climate change based on current me, that successful
assess each one individually for affairs away from economists of
the essay. Covid and any present, far from
Of course, the process of the reading we’ve just ‘inventing’ or
EPQ has required me to read done. making things up
many papers/books, such as from their own
those from happiness minds are actually
economists like Easterlin, just accumulating
Frey/Stutzer, Oswald… information and
For the measurements, I’ve had ideas from past
to look a lot a psychometrics economists- hence
and learnt new mathematical the studying the
techniques along the way (I history can provide
suppose, touching on an insight into
behavioural economics) further
Lectures: theory/policy
LSE: Sustainability of Football-
head of women’s football and Behavioural: My
an ESPN journalist EPQ for example
LSE can we be happier: Prof Lord (macro). But rather
Layard than being a pure
UK growth opportunities from behavioural
zero emission and autonomous economist, I want
vehicles – half term- also from to study it to apply
the LSE- George Freeman some of the
findings into
ECON SOC: I’m a member of the development- or
Elizabethan Outlook, which has risk being a
been formed through the psychologist! E.g.
society. nudges (Thaler) was
The Oxbridge Economics Club: a method adopted
I’ve attended every session, and in Poor Economics
done all the work till date. as a potential
solution to prevent
Not on the register to help on health issues.
econ. Clinic, but have replaced
people when they’re not
around.
DUKE’S ESSAY
COMPETITION: Value
There’s no argument, just
an ‘essay’ on value, where I
talked about the history of
it, it’s issue at present
(especially when looking at
national accounts)

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