The GameStop episode became one of the most widely discussed market events of the early 2020s. It was not only a story about one company’s share price. It was also a useful educational case about how #financial_markets can behave when #speculation, #short_selling, #social_media, #retail_investors, and #market_structure interact at high speed. From an economic perspective, the GameStop bubble showed that asset prices can move far away from company fundamentals when collective

Universities are not only places of teaching and research. They are also complex #knowledge_economies where time, funding, reputation, human talent, and institutional attention are constantly allocated. Every decision about hiring, promotion, publication, funding, ranking, and recognition has an economic meaning because it directs resources toward some activities and away from others. In this context, the Declaration on Research Assessment, widely known as DORA, offers an imp