Exeter Economics Review

The Student Vision of the World Economy

Year: 2025

The Fast Fashion Industry: How Developing Countries Pay the Price For Cheap Clothes

The modern clothing industry is dominated by fast fashion companies like H&M, which release 52 “micro seasons” of cheap clothing…

How can trade uncertainty hit the global economy?

As President Trump’s ‘America First’ regime takes off, economic news has been dominated by trade. Trump has long been opposed…

Has Japan Finally Turned the Page on Deflation?

Japan has been used for a long time to deflation and ultra-low interest rates, navigating decades of near-zero or negative…

Hichilema’s Reforms: The Political Economy of Credibility

(Part 1 of the “Credibility, Expectations and Growth” Series ) As of August 2021, the South-Central African country of Zambia…

From Factory Floor to Trading Floor: How Finance Hollowed Out Industry in Britain

In the early 1950s, Britain launched a third of the world’s merchant ships, spun enoughcotton to wrap the planet, and…

The Struggle of Small Businesses in a Competitive Landscape

Introduction Small businesses, which employ 61.7 million Americans and represent nearly half of all private sector employees, are often praised…

When the Triple-A Falls, the Markets Follow: The U.S. at a Fiscal Crossroads

In May 2025, the United States saw its credit rating downgraded by the credit rating agency Moody’s from Aaa to…

A New Right for a New Generation? Reform UK and the Collapse of Traditional Alignments

*Disclaimer: upon request of the author: “All opinions and thoughts expressed are the authors, and are not linked to any…

A Nation Standing at a Crossroads

My first two articles on the Review had to do with Europe, and the last one specifically analysed Germany’s economy….

From Trenches to Terminals: The Rise of Cyber Power in Global Geopolitics

*Disclaimer: upon request of the author: “All opinions and thoughts expressed are the authors, and are not linked to any…