Covid-19 and SDG 13: Countering Climate Change
In a “stag hunt” game, multiple hunters must cooperate each other to successfully encircle and hunt a stag.
3y ago
COVID-19 And SDG 12: Promoting prudent resource use
Imagine a world with no scarcity; a world with no externalities. Imagine that resources are unlimited and our actions have no consequences on our surroundings.
3y ago
Covid-19 And Sdg 11: Making cities liveable
When a pestilence caused the deaths of more than half of the population of Milan in 1846, it was evident that a clean and well-designed urban environment would be essential for human welfare.
3y ago
Covid-19 and SDG 10: Creating inclusive societies
“When a number of flute players are equal in their art, there is no reason why those of them who are better born should have better flutes given to them; for they will not play any better on the flute, and the superior instrument should be reserved for him who is the superior artist”.
3y ago
Covid-19 and SDG 9: Strengthening infrastructure and innovation
On February 3, 2020, Huoshenshan Hospital, an emergency specialty field hospital covering an area of 34,000 square metres and containing 1,000 beds, opened its doors for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, China.
3y ago
Covid-19 and SDG 8: Reviving economies, restoring livelihoods
The Rule of 70, sometimes also referred to as the Rule of 72 or Rule of 69.3, is a method for approximating the number of years it will take for a number to double, given its annual growth rate.
3y ago
A wake-up call for universal social protection
The coronavirus pandemic has bluntly exposed how a large number of people across the world are susceptible to health and economic shocks.
4y ago
Healthcare in the time of Covid-19
Throughout the world, governments of various countries are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
4y ago
February 9, 2020
SDG 5: Going for Girl Power
An episode in UNICEF Bangla-desh’s popular cartoon Meena, the protagonist’s cousin Rita, a 15-year-old girl receives a proposal to marry the village shopkeeper’s son.
February 3, 2020
Ending Ignorance in Bangladesh
In Satyajit Ray’s 1980 dystopian film “Hirok Rajar Deshe” (Kingdom of Diamonds), the king used several measures, such as high taxes, forced labour and brain-washing, to maintain a stranglehold on his people.
January 26, 2020
Revisiting the Revolutionary Medicine
It was his last semester before graduation. Yet Ernesto Guevara decided to postpone the completion of his medical degree, and instead embarked on an audacious adventure.
January 20, 2020
Implementing SDG 2: Abolishing the ‘appetite’ for hunger
A woman is seen squatting on the ground in front of a large pile of garbage. She is holding a baby whose face appears over her shoulder.
January 16, 2020
Uninstalling Injustice
Let us do an exercise. Clench your fist, and then gently loosen your fingers a little.
April 28, 2019
High interest rate: Is it in the public interest?
Interest rate is a much-talked-about issue as far as savings and investment are concerned.
January 19, 2019
Employment in the age of automation
The lift-operator is a peculiar person. He sits on a stool inside a small, claustrophobic space. In the olden days his job required quite a few skills.
October 22, 2018
Cities and climate change
Urbanisation is escalating worldwide. Hence cities are becoming increasingly crucial in dealing with climate change. According to UN Habitat, cities contribute to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions whilst occupying only two percent of the world's land.
September 9, 2018
The value of a woman's time
The word “economics” originates from the Greek “oikonomikos”, which roughly means management and care of the household. From this etymology, it may appear that women, who are often in charge of managing and caring for the household, would be highly regarded in the discipline of economics. Yet in conventional economics, the unpaid housework of women is completely disregarded.
June 27, 2018
Why do people evade taxes?
In Satyajit Ray's 1980 dystopian film Hirok Rajar Deshe (Kingdom of Diamonds), a diamond miner accused of tax evasion is brought to the court of the king. The miner pleads for the king's mercy, as he confesses that he is too poor to pay taxes.
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