Political Economy: Recent submissions
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'Never had it so good'? The Concealed Costs of Financial Exposure
Published 2012-01-01Thesis, Honours -
Aid-for-Trade: the Way Forward for Development?
Published 2012-01-01The failure to eradicate poverty through trade-induced economic growth over a number of decades raises questions about the latest initiative: Aid-for-trade. After examining whether the initiative signifies a new paradigm ...Thesis, Honours -
Money for Nothing, Re-thinking Women's Empowerment and the Accomplishments of Microfinance in Rural Bangladesh
Published 2012-01-01Microfinance Institutions often claim that microfinance is useful not only in alleviating poverty but also as a development tool which empowers women. The impacts of microfinance on empowerment have been studied by many, ...Thesis, Honours -
Freedom and Faith in Neoliberal Capitalism: The Fantasy of the American Dream
Published 2012-01-01Thesis, Honours -
The Debate on Excess Capacity, Issues of Competition and Time
Published 2011-10-17There has been a great deal of soul-‐searching in the economic community over the past few years. Economists of varying stripes have begun to question the academic and business paradigm which is the orthodox approach to ...Thesis, Honours