Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of Chicago. As the economist lectured on human capital theory, a concept he’d ...

Minor for all Aalto studentsBasic information Code: BIZ31200 Extent: 20–26 ECTS Language of instruction: English Finnish Level: Bachelor Target group: All Aalto students Theme: Global business ...

The number of students sitting A-level economics rose from 23,267 in 2012 to 37,251 in 2023, an increase of 60 per cent that made it the eighth most popular subject, the report showed.

The South Korean government announced Thursday that it would freeze the medical school admissions quota for the 2026 academic year at 3,058 students — rolling b ...

The minor study module in economics develops both analytical thinking and academic insights. You can find course descriptions in Sisu. In your study plan, choose the course and click the course code ...

Bitcoin Hits a Milestone: $100,000 The price of a single Bitcoin rose to six figures for the first time, an extraordinary level for a 16-year-old cryptocurrency once dismissed as a sideshow.

Cod prices could hit their highest levels ever following a further cut to catch quotas. Next year’s total allowable catch for Barents Sea North East Arctic cod has been reduced by 25% to 340,000 ...

China issued the third and what’s likely to be the final batch of fuel export quota for this year, keeping the level very similar to 2023 in a sign it doesn’t want to encourage refiners to ...

As protests in Bangladesh intensify and the Prime Minister flees the country, we take a look at the quota which sparked the now widespread conflagration. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh ...

The hated quota system was set up more than 50 years ago, by the then prime minister, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the present PM, said Salil Tripathi in Foreign Policy (Washington).

The 30% quota for descendants of freedom fighters in government jobs, part of a broader system established in the aftermath of the country’s independence in 1971, has long been a contentious issue.

A quota system prioritising mediocrity over meritocracy dampens investor confidence, causing investments to favour countries like Vietnam and Indonesia over Bangladesh.