Diophantine
Banned deucer.
Surprised this hasn't been done yet. Discuss politics and economics here.
This could be about current affairs, anything that interests you in history, your own opinions, theorising, whatever. Ask questions if you're interested or unsure of things and try to share knowledge with each other.
Do any of you study economics or politics at school, college or university? How did you develop an interest in the subject?
Do any of you do a job that requires the application of knowledge on politics or economics?
I'll say a bit about myself.
I grew up as a leftist in an echo chamber. My mother is center-left and the school that I attended was ran by very left wing teachers and staff. I started studying economics and history (and by extension, politics) when I was 16.
I had briefly looked over the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights Movement in compulsory lessons and studied business studies because, well, I wanted to be rich (lol).
I hated business studies but loved the one module on economics, so I took that up along with history (and maths/further maths but that's not relevant). I studied Britain 1945-1990, Spain 1930-1975 and Germany 1918-1945. I also took a look into Japanese politics, economics and history as I am (half) Japanese by heritage and wanted to understand my roots more. I also looked into some LEDCs such as Uganda and South Africa because I wanted to think about how knowledge could be applied to help battle against poverty and because the emerging markets function very differently to the developed ones.
This was an interesting time because it was during 2014/15 in the build up to the UK's general election (where I live) and was the first time I was truly critical with each party and my opinion kept changing. It converged somewhere in the middle and I consider myself a bit to the left of the center.
I managed to get work experience with an investment management firm which pushed me even further as I had to write detailed reports for their strategy team and articles for their marketing team.
Brexit hit in 2016. I was truly skeptical of Brexit and was appalled at the common rationale on both sides.
Many Brexiteers voted to remain with immigration being their main concern (which I did not think was smart for many reasons). Many remainers voted without considering the reasons as to why people wanted to leave and were just like "muh economy" without actually having any rationale when scrutinised.
I voted to remain.
Trump winning surprised me less than Brexit did, and I somewhat predicted it, but I was even more appalled at the rationale for voting this time.
At the moment, I am working as an intern at an investment bank on the trading floor, and so I need to stay up to date with what is happening in politics and economics as they directly impact my work. I stopped studying economics and politics and I currently study mathematics at university. I am still passionate about both fields, however, and am always open for discussion and learning more.
Don't be afraid if you're new to this! I hope we can all learn here.
This could be about current affairs, anything that interests you in history, your own opinions, theorising, whatever. Ask questions if you're interested or unsure of things and try to share knowledge with each other.
Do any of you study economics or politics at school, college or university? How did you develop an interest in the subject?
Do any of you do a job that requires the application of knowledge on politics or economics?
I'll say a bit about myself.
I grew up as a leftist in an echo chamber. My mother is center-left and the school that I attended was ran by very left wing teachers and staff. I started studying economics and history (and by extension, politics) when I was 16.
I had briefly looked over the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights Movement in compulsory lessons and studied business studies because, well, I wanted to be rich (lol).
I hated business studies but loved the one module on economics, so I took that up along with history (and maths/further maths but that's not relevant). I studied Britain 1945-1990, Spain 1930-1975 and Germany 1918-1945. I also took a look into Japanese politics, economics and history as I am (half) Japanese by heritage and wanted to understand my roots more. I also looked into some LEDCs such as Uganda and South Africa because I wanted to think about how knowledge could be applied to help battle against poverty and because the emerging markets function very differently to the developed ones.
This was an interesting time because it was during 2014/15 in the build up to the UK's general election (where I live) and was the first time I was truly critical with each party and my opinion kept changing. It converged somewhere in the middle and I consider myself a bit to the left of the center.
I managed to get work experience with an investment management firm which pushed me even further as I had to write detailed reports for their strategy team and articles for their marketing team.
Brexit hit in 2016. I was truly skeptical of Brexit and was appalled at the common rationale on both sides.
Many Brexiteers voted to remain with immigration being their main concern (which I did not think was smart for many reasons). Many remainers voted without considering the reasons as to why people wanted to leave and were just like "muh economy" without actually having any rationale when scrutinised.
I voted to remain.
Trump winning surprised me less than Brexit did, and I somewhat predicted it, but I was even more appalled at the rationale for voting this time.
At the moment, I am working as an intern at an investment bank on the trading floor, and so I need to stay up to date with what is happening in politics and economics as they directly impact my work. I stopped studying economics and politics and I currently study mathematics at university. I am still passionate about both fields, however, and am always open for discussion and learning more.
Don't be afraid if you're new to this! I hope we can all learn here.
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