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Today, Dubai is renowned for its financial hub, tax-free business zones, extraordinary landmarks, and the world’s busiest international airport. In 1960, Dubai had no financial hub, no skyscrapers, and was not much more than a town reliant on fishing and pearling. The case study of Dubai remains unique and intriguing, as the emirate engineered prosperity […]

Increasingly, in the past couple of years, I find myself walking down the aisles of my local Tesco ever more morose. The milk that I once bought at £1.15 is now £1.65. Pasta, washing-up liquid, even the basic loaf is now 10-30% higher than I initially remember. Nothing else about the shop has changed: same

80 years of dollar dominance The US dollar rose to the height of its power post WW2, when the US took up its role as the global leader in economic and political power. Whilst former global powers like Great Britain, Germany, France, and Japan were left recovering from the destruction of war and their high

Did Fed cause Nazi Germany? At first glance, this is a wild claim — how could the U.S. Federal Reserve have anything to do with Hitler’s victory? Of course, the Fed never provided money to the Nazis or plotted their putsch. But the international finance system of the 1920s and 1930s was such that Fed

The populist, extreme-right-wing party is gaining significant attention among voters in the UK. Nigel Farage’s growing recognition is becoming a threat to the major parties- the Conservatives and Labour. A study by YouGov, released on May 27, showed that Reform is in first place, standing 10% ahead of the Conservatives and 8% ahead of Labour

From the myths of ancient Greece to the headlines of today, humans have always worried that clever inventions might one day make us redundant. In Homer’s epics, the god Hephaestus crafted self-moving tripods that sparked awe and unease in equal measure – an early echo of our modern anxiety about intelligent machines. Centuries later, the

The issue of Scottish independence seemed to be at the forefront of politics in the 2010s – the SNP dominated Scottish government and calls for an independent Scotland flooded the mainstream media. However in recent times the independence movement has seemingly lost its steam, with a vote to remain in the UK in 2014 and

The city of Nogales is split into two, divided by the USA-Mexico border. Both parts of the city are culturally very similar and geographically the same; the same agricultural products can be grown and achieve similar yield either side of the border. Yet, the income inequality between the north and south of the city is

Britain’s potential 50 GW of offshore wind energy could light up all of the UK homes several times over, while Scotland’s wind farms are being paid to be switched off due to the overproduction of power. This stark contrast of the reality that the UK is facing today brings about the question of what is

Walking through my local high street, the increasingly large number of vacant establishments has been shocking. A family business, spanning multiple generations, has now shut down, with signs reading ‘closed until further notice’ posted on the café next door. This wasn’t a mid-pandemic relic, it was happening now, in what was supposedly a recovering economy.