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Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) providers have rapidly taken over online checkouts. Now, it’s become impossible to visit any online vendor without seeing the soft pastel colours of Klarna or Afterpay; slowly dominating and becoming the primary method of payment for the younger shoppers. The prospect of paying four small instalments – no interest charged, if paid on time. This makes the hard pill of the total price much easier to swallow. BNPL providers like Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay

For over a decade, the UK has struggled with a persistent productivity gap- workers here produce less output per hour than in many comparable countries. This isn’t just an abstract economic problem: it affects wages, living standards, and even public services. Understanding why productivity lags and how we might fix it is vital. One major factor is investment, or the lack of it. Many UK businesses, especially smaller firms, insufficiently invest in new technology and employee

An investigation into the relationship between uncertainty and credit spreads

“That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And...

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On 28th November 2016, the footballing experienced one of its biggest shocks in recent memory. LMI2933, a plane flight operated by the...

The US is the world’s largest spender on health related services (17% of its GDP) yet it fails to provide its citizens with universal...

Carson Yeung, a Hong Kong businessman, is a convicted money launderer. The Thai politician Thaksin Shinawatra was charged with...

Considering the endogenous growth model developed by Romer, Braunerhjelm et al. (2010) pinpoints the role of entrepreneurs as the link...

In recent years there has been a data explosion. Back in 2011 an IBM study reported that a colossal 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are...

Part 1: The Labour Market for Footballers “There’s too much money in the game…” said many a keyboard warrior on various social media...

George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 contained a futuristic reality filled with terms and concepts that are relevant in the modern world....

The profits of many firms, ranging from large retailers and supermarkets to small shops and cafés, depend greatly on not only the season...