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Why Your Phone Signal Won a Nobel Prize
A Nobel prize winner describes how his team ran a $19.8 billion spectrum auction and why changing a market's rules changes what people do.
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Issue 3 is out now! 21 articles and interviews on taxation, energy, disinformation, ethics, and much more.
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Cash Refuses to Die
Pakistan handles hundreds of millions of digital payments a quarter yet still runs on cash, and the article says going cashless risks privacy and leaves some people out.
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The Quantum Gamble
Looks at the quantum computing boom and finds that firms with working hardware are a fair risk, while firms that only sell a promise are a bet on a story.
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“Axe the Tax”
Explains why Canadian voters rejected a carbon tax that returned most households more money than it cost them.
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A journal written and edited by students.
The Confluence is a student-run journal on current affairs and the social sciences, covering politics, economics, philosophy, and more. Written by students from around the world, its name comes from a confluence, where rivers meet, much like the subjects and perspectives that come together in our articles.
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