Economics

Wright Research • 15th June 2024

Why Are Gold Prices Rising With Stocks and Cryptocurrency?

In today’s ever changing world of investment options, gold has stood the test of time. It continues to be a symbol of wealth and its investment appeal can be traced back to its intrinsic qualities and historical significance. The physical characteristics combined with its storied past as a store of wealth and form of currency are a strong foundation for its desirability.

Wright Research • 14th June 2024

Invisible Efficiencies of AI: Boosting Labor Supply, Transforming Society and Investing

We as a society are taking steps to enter a world where we will have the power of AI in our fingertips. While Large Language Models have already made their foray into the scene, and have done wonders for people who use it to go through mundane tasks on a daily basis, the future promises so much more.

Wright Research • 26th May 2024

Power of Monopolies: Will Investing In Monopoly Stocks Give Higher Returns?

Imagine a company you invest in as a kingdom. Most kingdoms wage wars against others hoping to expand their empires. Some succeed while others get wiped out. Now, visualise a kingdom with a massive moat around it, making it almost impossible to defeat. We just described two types of firms or companies - perfectly competitive firms and monopoly firms.

Divergence in the Process of Development across Nations: Introspection

Economic growth becomes meaningless if it is not inclusive in nature and does not benefit greater sections of the people in any society. In this paper, we shall consider the following factors to analyze the process of convergence or divergence in economic growth and development across several groups of economies:
(i) Pattern of convergence in the process of economic growth during 1960-2021;
(ii) Inequality in income distribution both in terms of ‘international’ and ‘global’ inequalities
(iii) Inequality in health, nutrition and educational outcomes
(iv) Disparity arising out of climatic change across nations.

25th August 2023

SHGs: The Underdogs enabling India’s Economic Recovery by Abhishek Banerjee - Global Peter Drucker Forum BLOG

This was my winning entry for the Drucker Challenge 2023. I was the youngest Indian to be awarded the prize.

India made a strong post-pandemic recovery, leapfrogging the UK to become the fifth largest economy in the world.1 This essay delves into the role that Self-Help Groups (SHGs) based in India played in achieving this remarkable turn-around. The unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic required a major reassessment of existing management principles and strategies.

12th September 2022

MicroFinance in Lao PDR

Our entry for the Melbourne Microfinance Case Competition, where we made a presentation on where a microfinance company can introduce the concept of green finance to the rural population of Lao PDR.

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