Welcome to My New Economics Blog
How my journey began
December 2018 I saw a job advertisement on my school’s online job board for the Embassy of Finland’s External Economic Relations Department in Washington DC. That day I applied. I spoke about my multicultural upbringing, bilingual language abilities, love towards business podcasts, Richard Thaler, and understanding the world around me. A few weeks pass. One…
Focusing (Thesis) Energy Economically
No! I haven’t forgotten you, don’t worry. I’ve actually been busy writing my master’s thesis. Inspired by my work at the Embassy and the pandemic I’m looking at the impact of the pandemic on small business in Finland where the response was quite swift and is my other home country. Specifically, I’m looking at what…
Age of Uncertainty
What a change of pace in the past five or six weeks. It did not really hit me until the other Finnish interns packed their bags and headed back to Finland mid-March. One intern had arrived just a week or two earlier to spend some time in the States before heading to the Embassy of…
Thoughts & Climate shots
Hi! I’m economicsdan and I have no idea how blogging officially works. With that in mind, I just wanted to let you know that these are just my thoughts from different experiences during my internship at the Embassy of Finland, External Economic Relations team. This and upcoming posts may have many ideas or just one…
My guiding quote
The purely economic man is indeed close to being a social moron. — Richard Thaler
Fast Facts
The things you might want to know about me: Why read this blog? You’ll learn the insider view of working in an Embassy in Washington DC You’ll see how I understand the world and what I’ve learned You’ll see how my thinking might develop over time or might just enjoy the occasional quick fact about…
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