By Jillian Tauro | Edited by Aman Kayal As the season approaches, everything you see on your social media feeds will soon be related to the upcoming music festival our country is to host. The term ‘Lollapalooza’ has an immeasurable significance in the world outside of music. The term “Lollapalooza effect” was first used in…
Economics Declassified Newsletter: December 2022 Issue
Greetings! The Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai is proud to present the second edition of its official newsletter- The Economics Declassified for the academic year 2022-23. This newsletter is our attempt to establish a space for the young minds where they can learn, gain insights and update themselves with the critical issues in…
Ticket Scalping: A Battle between Economic Efficiency and Inequality
By Keya Daruwala | Edited by Aashni Rebello Imagine that your favourite stand-up comedian is performing live at an event in your city. The tickets are priced fairly low, enough to give you the adrenaline rush that nudges you to book a ticket. You log in to the online ticket booking platform well in advance,…
Annual Economics Seminar 2022-23 is here!
With just about a month to go until the Annual Economics Seminar, here is a glimpse on what Sem is, what you can expect this year, and some of the exciting papers awaiting you! The theme for the Annual Economics Seminar this year is Delta (δ) which means change. It is a comprehensive collection of…
Nostalgia in Pop Culture: The Marketing for Millennials
By Nevelee Shekhar | Edited by Ruth D’Souza If you’ve ever watched a television show or an advertisement and felt sentimental, you have felt nostalgia. If you’ve ever gone back to your childhood days after the smell of your mom’s cooking, you have felt nostalgia. Nostalgia is the wistful feeling you get which takes you…
Hosting FIFA: An Economic Boon or Drain?
By Tanisha Kamat and Shambhavi Kumar | Edited by Aashni Rebello and Atiyah Krishnan PROPOSITION The World Cup is undoubtedly the pinnacle of football, with legends like Ronaldo, Messi, and Neymar being a part of it for years. The event’s general purpose is to provide entertainment for football fans around the world, but its commercialization…
The Purple Revolution: Exploring India’s Aromatic Future
By Alancia Menezes | Edited by Ikshita Jain Throughout its economic legacy, India has witnessed various ‘colour-coded’ revolutions. The white revolution for milk production, the green revolution for high agricultural yield, and the blue revolution for fish. Most recently the ‘Purple Revolution’ born out of Kashmir during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been making the headlines….
Quinoa Cultivation: Economic plight of Bolivian farmers
By Sreelakshmi Nair | Edited by Atiyah Krishnan It is December, nearly the end of the year, everyone is done with the outcomes of their Spotify Wrapped, and the looming query in a couple of days will be the goals for the coming year. One of the most popular resolutions is the health goal and…
Elections and Financial Markets, are they intertwined?
By Ishan Binod | Edited by Aashni Rebello “In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.” – Benjamin Graham, American economist. Elections are an instrumental tool in the political process of any modern democratic entity. The months preceding any general election, are characterized…
CAN THE RED DRAGON’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI) IMPROVE THE DEVELOPING WORLD?
By Saloni Gala and Diva Sheth | Edited by Aman Kayal and Ruth D’souza The pioneering One Belt, One Road Initiative (OBOR) aims to boost intercontinental and strengthen regional cooperation among countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. In order to promote international trade and open up new markets, the OBOR policy envisions a maritime Silk…
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