Category: Economics
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Economics Upside Down: A Conversation with Andrew Trump
A Conversation with Andrew Trump // SC: Andrew, can you tell us about your journey and work in Cambodia, the Philippines, and Hawaii? Andrew: I graduated with a degree in Economics from Wheaton [Wheaton College, IL], and, during my senior year, I spent six months in rural Cambodia interning for an organization that did agricultural…
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Tackling Forced Labour with Market Solutions
Written by Lidia Garcia // Each year, millions of migrant workers leave their home countries in search of better opportunities to support themselves and their loved ones back home. In doing so, many of them are taken advantage of by the very same agencies which give them the chance of a lifetime to change their future…
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Fighting Poverty with Finance
Written by Abbie Condie // My eyes were starting to blur as I scanned row after row of numbers. Portfolio at risk? Unique clients? Average loan size? So microfinance is really just… finance? Despite a degree in International Relations, the truly obvious had finally dawned on me a few weeks into my internship at Opportunity…
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Theme Overview: Economics – Seeing the People Behind the Numbers
At first glance, economics seems like it’s all about numbers: the value of a stock, the interest on a loan, or supply and demand. One might not think that a discipline so numbers-focused can also be used to work powerful acts of justice. The three writers featured here know that behind the numbers are people.…
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