What if the University of Otago didn’t exist?

Posted 2:36pm Sunday 19th March 2017

Dunedin. Population: 127,500. Number of university students: 20,000. It’s fair to say that students make up a sizable chunk of the Dunedin population. The University brings in young adults from near and far, and with them their money. Let’s face it; McDonalds wouldn’t nearly be as Read more...

Economics Everywhere | Issue 3

Posted 2:48pm Sunday 12th March 2017

This is a controversial statement to make at a university. For a long time I saw education as a human right, something that should be universally accessible to all those seeking it. Sure, it might be a drag on the taxpayer, but investing in educating a population helps keeps the populous politicians Read more...

Economics Everywhere | Issue 2

Posted 1:56pm Sunday 5th March 2017

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. However, the internet is an all you can eat buffet of free lunches, provided you can put up with the ads. Enter adblock stage left. Adblock creates the ultimate user experience; everything is free and all the intrusive pop-ups are gone. But eventually, Read more...

Economics Everywhere | Issue 1

Posted 1:32pm Sunday 26th February 2017

Personally, I have never made it to the end of a single game of Monopoly, despite its subtitle being “The Fast-Dealing Property Trading Game.” The evolution of the boardgame is entrenched in irony. In the late 1800s, Elizabeth Magie developed a game that would later evolve into Read more...