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  2. Thumbnail for Australians pay $163 a month on average to store all the stuff we buy – how can we stop overconsuming?

    Australians pay $163 a month on average to store all the stuff we buy …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/australians-pay-$163-a-month-on-average-to-store-all-the-stuff-we-buy-how-can-we-stop-overconsuming
    10 Jan 2023: Many of us are drowning in “stuff”. To find space for all our possessions, we are paying off-site storage companies. Australians spend an average of A$163 per month on self-storage, one recent survey found. The number one item stored in these
  3. Thumbnail for AI could take your job, but it can also help you score a new one with these simple tips

    AI could take your job, but it can also help you score a new one with …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/ai-could-take-your-job,-but-it-can-also-help-you-score-a-new-one-with-these-simple-tips
    14 Mar 2023: It was once thought physical labour jobs would be the most at risk from the rise of artificial intelligence. But recent advances suggest we can expect disruption across a vast range of sectors, including knowledge-based industries. We certainly need
  4. Thumbnail for Are nudges sinister psychological tricks? Or are they useless? Actually they are neither

    Are nudges sinister psychological tricks? Or are they useless?…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/are-nudges-sinister-psychological-tricks-or-are-they-useless-actually-they-are-neither
    13 Jan 2023: Nudging – the idea that simple changes to how a choice is presented can lead people to make better decisions – has been one of the most popular ideas to emerge from economics in the past two decades. But nudging is now under attack, entangled in
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    What’s driving the subscription economy?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/whats-driving-the-subscription-economy
    20 Jul 2022: From gym memberships to music and movies, to razors, toilet paper, meal kits and clothes, there’s seemingly no place the subscription economy can’t go. Having conquered the software market – where it gets its own acronym, SaaS (Software as a
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    Economics with experience

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/942-economics-with-experience
    7 Oct 2019: Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle wrote in the nineteenth century that economics was ‘the dismal science” because of its pessimistic outlook for mankind. But for University of Tasmania Economics Honours graduate Peter Legg, it’s anything but
  7. Thumbnail for Numbers, nature and a whole new lifestyle

    Numbers, nature and a whole new lifestyle

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/957-numbers-nature-and-a-whole-new-lifestyle
    31 Oct 2019: Studying in Tasmania means that international student Prithviraj (Neil) Banerjee gets to be a part-time explorer as well as an economics student. Now, when he’s not studying, he is spending his spare time exploring our State…including scaling
  8. Thumbnail for The state that turns everyone into an outdoors person

    The state that turns everyone into an outdoors person

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/950-the-state-that-turns-everyone-into-an-outdoors-person
    14 Oct 2019: When Upadhya Anjalie Balachandra saw photos of Tasmania, she immediately wanted to move here for uni. “I found it beautiful! I have loved exploring Tasmania while studying here, it has so much to offer. Before coming to Tassie I was never much of an
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    How Simon Baptist is using economics to make a difference

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/965-how-simon-baptist-is-using-economics-to-make-a-difference
    26 Nov 2019: Beginning at the University of Tasmania, Simon Baptist's career has taken him all over the world. After completing his undergraduate in Hobart, Simon has studied a PhD in Economics at Oxford University, worked for an environmental economics start-up
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    What do Wedge-tailed Eagles and Economics have in common?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1059-what-do-wedge-tailed-eagles-and-economics-have-in-common
    29 Sep 2020: Andrea Magnusson is in her fifth and final year of a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Arts degree. She was first introduced to economics as a subject in high school and has no regrets. I was intrigued, as economics seemed to be an excellent
  11. Thumbnail for When Australia’s top young economist talks oil, the world listens

    When Australia’s top young economist talks oil, the world listens

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/537-when-australias-top-young-economist-talks-oil-the-world-listens
    5 Mar 2018: While the installation and use of renewable energy is growing faster than ever before, one thing’s for sure, says Australia’s top-ranked young economist: oil isn’t going anywhere. As the world’s population continues to grow at a rapid rate,
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