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The man who helped Jewish academics escape Nazi persecution

The man who helped Jewish academics escape Nazi persecution

Mathematician Richard Courant tirelessly used his social networks to help academics to safety.

Sascha Becker

Department of Economics

Dirty rats! How a unique economic game has helped struggling farmers in Laos

Dirty rats! How a unique economic game has helped struggling farmers in Laos

Business researchers are using an experimental 'game' to help farmers in Laos collaborate to control rodents, reduce damage to their rice crops and boost food supply.

Paulo Santos

Department of Economics

Real or fake? How art experts help push up the prices of the Old Masters

Real or fake? How art experts help push up the prices of the Old Masters

Science is increasingly solving authentication issues, but art experts continue to play a crucial role in affecting the prices of traded paintings.

Denni Tommasi

Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability

Can a company survive the sudden death of an entrepreneur?

Can a company survive the sudden death of an entrepreneur?

The 'specialness' that entrepreneurs bring to their companies is often lost, bringing dire consequences.  

Sascha Becker

Department of Economics

How the K-pop phenomenon helps students learn economics

How the K-pop phenomenon helps students learn economics

Diversifying pop culture classroom resources with the use of K-pop videos has helped students studying economics.

Wayne Geerling

Department of Economics

Birds of a feather: how friends shape our political opinions

Birds of a feather: how friends shape our political opinions

How much influence do your friends' opinions have on your own political views?  Quite a bit according to research.

Yves Zenou

Department of Economics

Policy reforms that are changing Pakistan’s horticultural sector

Policy reforms that are changing Pakistan’s horticultural sector

An international project led by Monash Business School investigating Pakistan’s horticulture markets has already brought about policy changes at the highest level.

Sisira Jayasuriya

Jeffrey LaFrance

Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability

This social network changed the world as we know it

This social network changed the world as we know it

Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation brought enormous change, but it couldn't have happened without networks to spread information. Fragments reveal fascinating insights into modern habits.

Department of Economics

Fuelled by a Netflix blockbuster, chess is making a comeback – and that’s good for children

Fuelled by a Netflix blockbuster, chess is making a comeback – and that’s good for children

Learning to play chess at school helps teach young people to take more risks in the game of life.

Asadul Islam

Wang-Sheng Lee

Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability

Mental health – two small words, one very big cost (Ep 1)

Mental health – two small words, one very big cost (Ep 1)

Productivity Commissioner Dr Stephen King spent two years trying to identify the economic cost of mental illness and suicide. The human cost is even greater. And Dr Zen Goh explains how we can actually thrive at work.

Stephen King

Zen Goh

Department of Management

Google’s merger with Fitbit puts our health data at risk. It should be opposed.

Google’s merger with Fitbit puts our health data at risk. It should be opposed.

If Google is given the green light to acquire Fitbit, sensitive health data could find its way to advertisers and insurance companies, to the detriment of global consumers.

Chongwoo Choe

Zhijun Chen

Are cleaner energy policies possible for India post-COVID-19?

Are cleaner energy policies possible for India post-COVID-19?

India's energy sector was already experiencing production issues, so does COVID-19 present an opportunity to introduce more renewables?

Mita Bhattacharya

Department of Economics