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What is happening this autumn?

When you are out of fries...

From Hangzou to Lund

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14The monkeysphere- the reason for the injustice of our society?

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In Search of Found Wisdom

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Axel Schennings, Editor-in-Chief

I recently started playing floorball here in Lund. Every mon-day evening my team plays a game against another nation or union. Six people in each team with four on the pitch. 30 minute games, open nets, a rink surrounding us. It really is, without hesitation, the most intense and fun half-hour one

can have. Honestly, I cannot say I have been very athletic during my first year of studying. Sure, I have been exercising regularly; hitting the gym three times per week, or running six km in Stadsparken, once in a while, listening to music, but that has not quite helped me to get rid of the excessive energy that is gathered when being still for hours and hours under dim lights late at night, studying for some exam.

Neither of those types of exercises help you to completely forget about the outside world and give the brain time for well needed rest. Though, when I am playing floorball, football, or squash, nothing else is on my mind except for chasing the ball around, trying to score a point. During that intense period of time, I am acting impulsively, taking action by using knowledge that has been layered in my body since my first football practice at the age of four. And the fun of the game makes me forget how exhausting it really is to be extremely and uninteruptedly focused, both physically and mentally, for about thirty minutes. When the referee ends the game, fatigue washes over me like a powerful wave, either accompanied by pure happiness over a win, or feelings of devastating darkness over a loss.

The sense of Deja-vu is strong when coming home late after a game, realising that another school day is just around the corner. An empty feeling in your gut. Longing for the sensation of being back in the rink in the middle of the inferno that is the playing field. I am trying to go to sleep, but the adrenaline is still pumping through my veins and I find myself staring at the television but cannot comprehend what the programme is about. The feeling I have had so many times before, just like when I, in my early teenage years, played ice hockey games on sunday evenings and came home to watch a Beck-movie.

After a few games and practices I have now realised that I am in an athletic mode again. After too many years of performing half heart-edly at the gym, I am back on track. Because being athletic is not about wearing certain clothes when running, or eating nutrition bars and drinking protein shakes. It is about pushing yourself to places you thought you were never able to reach. To give your fullest and manage a situation even though your brain is telling you to quit.

In this issue of Nådiga Lundtan we get to read about inspiring people who sacrifice time and energy on missions they believe in, when people have told them it was impossible. People who have trav-elled through darkness to reach the light. I hope you will enjoy your reading!

Editorial

Fed’s Signal Failure

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In the wake of July’s Greek Debt Crisis and August’s alarming Chinese growth

data, the global stock market is in a state of turmoil. Stock markets worldwide, including Stockholm’s OMXS and New York’s Dow Jones have seen wild intraday trading and this year’s gains of roughly 20 % have been completely erased. In unstable times such as these, investors turn to policy makers for cla-rity. However, Janet Yellen and Fed presidents made, by their latest statements, a decision to leave rates untouched, and rather adding to the common insecurity than removing it.

On “Black Monday”, september 24th 2015, global stock markets experienced their worst losses in years; the leading Chinese index Shanghai Composite dropped a whopping 8,49 % and sent the Dow Jones down by an unprecedented 1089 points at

opening. Single-day losses have thankfully not yet amounted to the same levels in September, but trading remains choppy and highly sensitive to macro news from China, the latest being a six-year low in the China Caixin PMI.

However, in spite of the nega-tive performance of its stock market, the US economy is still going strong. Growing at 3,9 %, and keeping unemployment at 5,1 %, fed boss Janet Yellen recently called it “impressive”. The normal course of action to prevent the economy from overheating would be a rate hike, however due to the US economy’s global importance Fed finds itself in a tricky situation as a hike could fuel further global pessimism. On the other hand, markets reacted negatively to the decision to not increase the interest rate, as a large portion of investors call

for a firmer line of action and more guidance. A key part of Fed’s role in the financial sys-tem is just that, to signal future action and guide investors to price assets and adjust expecta-tions accordingly.

All year, Yellen & Fed said a hike would come in 2015, strongly hinting September. Ultimately, Fed chose to make a 180-degree turn and leave rates unchanged. Critics claim that Fed is allowing itself to be governed by the market and not the opposite. While Fed naturally should be able to re-examine its position, it ought to convey consistent messages to the market, and in the days since the decision it has clearly failed to do so.

After announcing the unchan-ged rate, Fed presidents have publicly spoken out against the decision, clearly revealing a

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crack inside Fed. Yellen herself said that a hike is still likely to happen in 2015 though it was right not to raise rates, citing low commodity prices and stock market volatility as key reasons. Influential NY Fed president William Dudley stated the same. But what prevents the proponents of a hike to get cold feet again?

Due to this ambiguous com-munication, investors have been left to guess if and when the hike will come. What is worse, Fed is losing credibility clai-ming that a hike will still occur in 2015. If there is something Fed should fear, it is losing its signal effect and thus a potenti-ally soothing effect on markets. Today’s policy makers are undoubtedly navigating some murky waters, but they cannot expect the crew to stay calm if they do not have route and make clear who is in charge.

“You Just Got Slapped “ might be a familiar phrase for fans of the American sitcom “How I met your mother”. In this case, however, it was not Marshall slapping Barney, but rather the invisible hand of the market slapping the Volkswa-gen management hard on both cheeks for deceiving sharehol-ders and authorities alike. The scandal erupted when intel-ligence surfaced that German car manufacturing giant, Volkswagen, had deliberately manipulated nitrogen oxide emission tests for years through installing devices that hid the fact that emission levels grossly exceeded permitted levels. Subsequently, the news have garnered huge media attention, causing Volkswagen’s stock to plummet and the CEO to resign. Though many sharehol-ders may have lost significant amounts of their investments, it shows that investors’ pursuit of profit actually can be good.

Adam Smith’s classical metap-hor of how the invisible hand leads individuals pursuing personal wealth to collectively

benefit society, has been taught in schools and universities for centuries. In its classical meaning, it highlights how the quest for profit increases the availability of goods in demand, decreases the price of them and facilitates the introduction of new technology.

From a stock market perspec-tive though, the invisible hand works to “slap” i.e. punish firms that engage in unethical activities, in Volkswagen’s case fraud. What is particularly beneficial for society as a whole in the case of Volkswagen, is the familiarity of the brand. Since the German manufacturer is a

globally renowned brand, the negative publicity caused by the scandal will reach all corners of the world. Hopefully, it will therefore serve as a future deterrent from manipulating tests and increase pressure on governments worldwide, to further increase the require-ments of pollution emission.

Text: Nino Merckling

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In Search of Found Wisdom

“Be unreliable and do not faithfully do what you have engaged to do. Learn everything you possibly can from your own personal ex-perience, minimizing what you learn from the good and bad expe-rience of others. Go down and stay down when you get your first,

second or third severe reverse in the battle of life.”

This prescription for guaranteed misery in life is copied from a Harvard

School commencement speech by Charles T. Munger. After be-ing asked to speak to a gradua-ting class in 1986, the current Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway was considering the length of the speech. He came to think about a compliment Cicero gave to Demosthenes, when asked which oration of Demosthenes he liked the most. Cicero answered: ”The longest one.”

Munger also thought about a comment of Samuel Johnson on John Milton’s Paradise Lost poem: ”No one ever wished it longer.” He asked himself what other Harvard School commen-cement speeches he wished had been longer. The answer was one by entertainer and television host Johnny Carson, in which Carson specified his prescrip-tion for guaranteed misery in life. Munger repeated and expanded on Carson’s speech, adding some prescriptions of his own.

This means that Munger did not come up with everything him-self. Instead, he repeated, made some additions, and expanded on Johnny Carson’s speech. In turn, it is also likely that Carson found inspiration in others.

One could say that this is an approach in which you enrichen yourself and learn what, how, and why things work by learning from others. Swedish author, Peter Bevelin, has found this approach useful in his quest for wisdom. In fact, he has written a book about what he learned, Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, which covers several lifespans of wisdom.

Seeking Wisdom is an intense book in the spirit of Char-lie Munger’s own search for wisdom. It is full of takeaways and applicable concepts, among them, Munger’s notion on how you need to learn models from different fields and organize them on what he calls a latti-cework of mental models. Why do we need to do that? Munger likes to recite the old saying, ”to the man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” It is simply not enough to learn one narrow field. To thrive, you need to have a cross-disciplinary thinking.

In his book, Bevelin writes about the necessity of understanding and using the big ideas from all the important disciplines, such as: mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and psychology. Munger’s opi-nion on the subject: ”The models have to come from multiple dis-

ciplines because all the wisdom of the world is not to be found in one little academic department.”

This cross-disciplinary thinking will help you see how things relate to each other in a new way. It will, among other things, boost your ability to find invest-ment opportunities that oth-erwise would have gone away. Indeed, this model has helped Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berk-shire Hathaway and Munger’s partner, to invest in busines-ses above par consistently over time; since Munger and Buffett joined forces in 1974, Berkshire Hathaway’s A-stock has yielded a whopping 72,375.00% return, while S&P 500 ”only” returned 1,710.00%.

Cultivating this kind of thinking in order to find opportunities in business and life is important, but it is not the only approach you can rely on. Under some circumstances, the best you can do is to avoid stupid decisions rather than trying to be smart. Avoiding stupidity comes down to not doing what you should not do. Buffett famously applies the circle of competence concept - knowing what you know and do not know. Tom Watson Sr, founder of IBM, put thisinto practice: ”I am no genius. I am smart in spots, but I stay around

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around those spots.” Munger ta-kes Buffett’s concept further and applies it to life in general:

”If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you do not, you are going to lose. And that is as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you have got an edge. And you have got to play within your own circle of competence.”

Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize-winning physician and author, often expressed that ”the pleasu-re is finding things out”. Bevelin talks about curiosity in Seeking Wisdom. In it, he quotes Samuel Johnson: ”Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characte-ristics of a vigorous mind.”

Being curious and learning more while trying to continuously be less stupid has been helpful for Munger and Buffett. Munger says: ”It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”

In the world of literature, some

authors claim to be writing for themselves. Jorge Luis Borges, for example, was one of them. He says: ”I am writing for myself and for my friends and to pass the time.” He was also content when one of his books only sold 37 copies before sales took off after rising to fame in 1961 at the age of 62.There is more than just one reason for writing for oneself. It also helps to clarify your thinking. Why? In order for simple writing, one must think clearly and really understand what the subject is about.

One approach to understand a subject is the Feynman Techni-que, Richard Feynman’s famous study method. It is an effective way to learn new things by wri-ting down everything you know about a subject on a blank sheet of paper. By doing this you will identify holes in your under-standing, and get a better hold of what you need to practice. Re-learn those parts. Repeat this process until you can explain the subject in a simple way to an outsider, who is unfamiliar with the subject.

The Feynman Technique can also be used to figure out what you do not know. As we have seen in this article, avoiding stupidity is a concept success-fully used by Munger, Buffett and Tom Watson Sr. In Seeking Wisdom, you will find more mo-dels. It is out in three editions and is considered by many to be the book with the most page-for-page wisdom.

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From Hang z ou Lund

As a finance student who has studied a four year bachelor of finance programme in a

first-level university in China, and a two year master of finance pro-gramme here at Lund university, I can spot significant differences between the education at a chinese university versus a swedish one. In China, I at-tended Zhejiang Gongshang Univer-sity, where most of the students are very dedicated; they value the acade-mic performance during the studies, and the competition is quite intense. Usually, at the end of the semester, there will be rankings according to the academic performances. In most cases, students are expected to pass the exams at once. Those who take the re-exams are considered underachie-vers. Thus, chinese students are quite hard-working.

At Zhejiang Gongshang, even in the beginning of the semester, the university’s five-floor library will be filled with students until 10:00pm, when the library closes. In contrast,

swedish universities seem to be more relaxed. When I had my first exam here, I was shocked to find that it would take 5 hours with merely 5 questions. Even though every question usually required a one page answer. The benefit of studying here is that there will be no rankings at the end of the semester, since students’ academic performances are considered private. In addition to that, the students will always have a second, third or even more chances to pass the exams until they think they can get good scores.

Another significant difference I have detected is the method of teaching. In China, teachers will put a lot of effort into explaining the theories. Thus, students can take advantage in generating a sufficient theoretical knowledge. However, there usually are not many assignments, especially assignments that emphasize on team-work and cooperation. In Sweden, on the other hand, assignments have always been essential and most assign-ments are quite practical in relation

to the real world. I think this is what chinese universities should learn from the swedish universities, providing education of theoretical knowledge, meanwhile enhancing practical skills.

The biggest difference I think, is the after-school life. Lund university pro-vides students with such an abundant social life, like the Nations, student unions and many other organizations. It is a hundred times more wonderful than the after-school life in China. In chinese universities, there are also student unions and different orga-nizations, but they provide limited activities to students that usually are much more formal. Besides, chinese students often prefer to go to KTV to sing songs together rather than going to a bar.

What I really appreciate about Sweden is the value of respect. It is rooted in the swedish society, and may be the most important value. I find that swedes are usually considerate people, paying much attention to details.

It seems like they always say so-mething good in front of others. They try to avoid making other people feel uncomfortable. However, I find one thing a bit funny. Swedish students will call the teachers by their first name. This would never happen in China, where students often try to show a respect towards their teachers and professors by using titles such as Mr/Mrs or professor.

Before arriving in Sweden, I thought China might be the only country that emphasizes greatly on what we call ’’guanxi’’ (relations), referring to so-cial networking. For example, in some investment banks, there are so called son and daughter programmes. They allow senior executives to hire child-ren of the senior government officers in order to get certain projects done. True nepotism. It is not until I have lived in Sweden for almost two years that I realize how social networking in Sweden might be more important and emphasized than in China. But, the difference is that in Sweden, social

networking is usually built up by self-effort, through ability and charm.

In relation to networking, there is another thing that I also appreciate about swedish culture, the fika. It might be a cultural treasure held only by the swedes. Usually, during breaks, I find that swedish people go outside of the classroom to buy a cup of coffee and have a chat. Compared to China, where students usually stay inside the classroom during the break; some students will talk a little bit in a low voice, some will take a nap. But we do not have the tradition of leaving the classroom. The reason why I admire fika culture is that in a society, transmission of information is quite important. The fika has defini-tely reduced communication costs and promoted efficiency of the transmis-sion of information. Of course, it has also helped people to get to know one another and cooperate with each other in a better way, whether it is in a mat-ter of studies or working life.

Finally, I want to say that even though I may have had a tough time during my studies, I have never regretted the choice of studying here in Sweden. Instead, I think it could be the best choice I have ever made and I feel gra-teful for all my experiences here.


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The monkeysphere- the reason for the injustice in our society?

It is suggested that the human brain is only capable of maintaining mea-ningful relationships with a limited

amount of people. Anyone outside of our personal monkeysphere are just one-dimensioned characters who we cannot conceptualize as people. This basically goes for the rest of the 99.99 % of the world’s population that are not included in our own social sphere. Meaning, we do not have the physiolo-gical ability to actually emphasize with the entire population of the world. Sure, you may sympathize with people who are going through a hard time and feel bad for them. But, in order to share mirrored empathy with people they must be considered as more than just a faceless mass.

Now, this may seem a bit odd to you, you may even argue and say “that is not true, I am nice to strangers all the time”. Well, the thing is that you are not nice to strangers because of whom they are but rather because of the con-flicting feeling you would otherwise get in you heart if you were to be an asshole.

However, when it comes to, say your sister, you are being nice out of love and compassion, in other words your kindness is based on who she is. Even if you are a kind person, at some point you would be willing to screw someone outside your monkeysphere over in order to either favour yourself or someone inside the sphere. This is the main point of the monkeysphere-theory. It is therefore utterly important to keep in mind the significant dif-ference between sympathizing and empathizing.

In the 1990s Robin Dunbar be-came known for explicating Dunbar’s number, a theory proposing the idea of . In his research, Dunbar found a strong correlation between the size of a primate’s brain and its social circle, the bigger the brain the bigger the circle

and vice versa. As far as for human beings, according to Dunbar, we are only able to maintain a social relation-ship with approximately 150 people. Any number larger than this, calls for a comprehensive set of rules to sustain a well structured and unified group. The idea of the monkeysphere origi-nates from Dunbar’s number and has gotten its name from his early research on the grooming of monkeys and how it correlates to the size of their little societies. What does this have to do with humans and how is it relevant to our society? One may ask.

Suppose you are having dinner with a friend, or even a date if you are lucky enough, and once you get the check you see that they forgot to charge you for something. At this point, you are probably celebrating the fact that you get to pay less for the dinner and are in a hurry to get out of there before they catch you, without considering the loss for the restaurant. Now, say the res-taurant belonged to one of your close friends. In this case, reckon you are somewhat loyal; you would probably tell your friend and pay for whatever it was that they forgot. In order to try to exemplify this further, picture a big news agency, say, Dagens Nyheter, and then picture the articles of Brandon Stanton, creator of “Humans of New York”. They both report on the exact same war, and the exact same occurrences. How is it that we feel more touched by the stories of Stanton, rather than by an article in DN? Well, the big difference is that although news agencies report horrific superventions, they are often speaking of thousands of people as a faceless mass. Stanton, on the other hand, shares the story of one single person at a time. He makes it easier for our primate brain to empathize with people in hard times, to actually mirror another person’s feelings as our own. But again, there is a problem

here; reading more than just a few of Stanton’s articles will eventually leave the same effect on us as the articles by DN. Basically, we have a limited capital of caring emotions to invest.

At this point one cannot help but won-der; is our society eternally doomed to injustice?

As the world’s population continues to grow, socio-economical and humanita-rian differences will therefore probably increase with it. In order to reach an infrangible peace, based on Dunbar’s adduced evidence, we must be able to think of all people as people. Accor-ding to Dunbar, this is only possible if our brains grow into a size big enough for us to care for billions of people exactly the same. Who knows, maybe evolution will lead us into looking like mushroom-heads, with gigantic brains, spreading love all around us.

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When you are out of fries...Many of us, me included, enjoy timely visits to va-

rious fast food joints. Maybe we do not take pride in it, but they are our saviors when we are in need

e.g when you have been studying for twelve consecutive hours and do not have the energy to cook proper dinner, or when you are feeling the munchies after a night on the town, it does the job. A recent visit to a well-known burger place at Mårtenstorget got me thinking about that time Ja-pan ran out of french fries and what it says about the world we live in today.

Earlier this year Japan suffered an acute shortage of fries in its fast food restaurants when a US labor dispute halted the supply of potatoes. As a consequence, only small size orders, if any, of fries were allowed resulting in hugely disappointed Japanese consumers and expected losses of $210 million with a 10 % decrease in sales for McDonald’s in Japan.

But, how does one relate the shortage of fries in Japan to students in Lund and our everyday life on the other side of the globe? On the one hand, this is a clear example of the growing global interdependency of today. No man, country nor economy is an island; the cooperative competitive environment of the global market is a contradicted reality in which we have to find our place. The competitive part on the other hand, is where we students enter the equation. Allow me to put an existential question out there; why are we really studying? To broaden our minds? To get a well-paid job? To fulfill our interests? To enjoy the well-known student life of Lund? Probably a mix of all these things but in today’s world it is even more important for individuals to move forward, to differentiate ourselves, and gaining comparative advantage.

As the world becomes increasingly digital and smaller, more things and services become tradable; x-rays are ana-lyzed on the other side of the globe, a university degree can be earned over the internet, fries are shipped across oceans. Experiencing a McDonaldization (the concept of a glo-bally standardized society) of the world we need to move forward and away from what is generic and not settle with being standard. Fries, in all its glory, we cannot eat it every day. When facing a larger, more competitive market

in an interchangeable world where jobs and tasks are up for grabs for those who are able to do them more efficiently, unique knowledge and creativity becomes more valuable.

Just as we should not take an order of french fries for granted, we should not expect our surroundings to remain constant or assume our place in it. Our society constantly changes and we have to adapt and improve with it. A university degree is a first step (especially from Lund, a world top 100 university) and separates us from the 93 % of the world’s population who do not have a degree in higher education.

So the next time you are enjoying fries do not forget to appreciate the interconnectedness of the world today and your ability to place a large size order of fries.

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Närmare sjuttio personer samlades en solig sensom-mareftermiddag i september för att spela volleyboll och mingla med representanter från EY. Ett enkelt, roligt, och naturligt sätt att träffa folk från arbets-livet och vidga sitt kontaktnät, enligt LundaEkono-mernas evenemangsansvarige Ellen Carlson Hanse.

Solen stod högt på himlen och redan innan man kommit in på Michael Hansens Kollegiums innergård strömmade ljudet av musik, rop och glada skratt ut från området. Det soliga vädret gjorde att många redan placerat sig i lounge-området med en dricka i handen när turneringen skulle till att börja. Alla deltagare gick runt i träningskläder och såg laddade ut för volleybollturnering, grillade hamburgare och skönt mingel med EY.

Turneringen började med ett traditionsenligt upprop av lagen, och representanterna från EY kunde tydligt kännas igen på sina matchande kläder och färgglada kepsar. Efter en kort presentation av EY, fördelades deras representanter på de deltagande lagen. Alla var väldigt taggade på att få börja spela, men först väntade uppvärmning. Till peppan-de musik kördes olika rörelser och temperaturen steg både i innegården och hos deltagarna till följd av uppvärmning-en och solens värmande strålar.

Det var totalt åtta lag som ställde upp i turneringen med en varierad fördelning av både tjejer och killar. Två tjejer som var med i ett av lagen var Sandra Engberg och Julia Rosberg. De hade precis avslutat sin första match och satt

och vilade i gräset när jag tog en liten pratstund med dem. Matchen var de nöjda med, men enligt Julia ”blev det lite shaky på slutet”, då de till en början låg under med närmre tio poäng, men lyckades komma ikapp och vinna. De hade sett evenemanget på Facebook och när ett lag behövde mer folk hängde de på. Det bästa med dagen, enligt Sandra Engberg, var i huvudsak volleybollen och att träffa massa folk. Det var också trevligt att träffa representanten från EY som de hade i sitt lag.

När några matcher var spelade skulle grillen tändas och efter några försök och riklig användning av tändvätska, spred sig doften av grillade hamburgare. Vid grillen stod Ellen Carlson Hanse, delansvarig för evenemanget, och kämpade med att vända burgarna, samtidigt som hon dansade runt med grillbesticken. Svårare blev det när hon

samtidigt skulle beskriva evenemanget med tre ord. Det viktigaste, enligt henne, med evene-manget var gemenskap och att ha kul. Efter lite betänketid nämnde hon även ordet professio-nellt, då evenemanget innefattade mingel med representanterna från EY. Anledningen till att de valt att lägga upp evenemanget med volley-boll, mingel och grillning är enligt Ellen: ”för att det blir ett enkelt, roligt och aktivt sätt att träffa människor som kommit ut i arbetslivet och vidga sitt kontaktnät.”

Martina Liljegren, studentrepresentant för EY i Lund, beskrev volleybollturneringen som ett bra sätt för dem att på ett mer avslappnat sätt få kontakt med studenter och berätta om hur EY är som arbetsgivare. Martina Liljegren är nöjd med sin arbetsgivare och menar att det finns stora möjligheter för vidareutbildning inom företaget. Att få arbeta inom många olika arbetsområden, då EY, som hon beskriver det, består av fyra ben. De fyra benen är ”Advisory”,

”Assurance”, ”Tax” och ” Transaction Advisory Services”, vilket gör att EY söker ett brett utbud av ekonomer, vilket hon tycker är viktigt att förmedla då många har uppfatt-ningen att EY endast arbetar inom ”Assurance”.

När kön vid grillen hade minskat, semifinalerna och fortsättningsvis finalen hade spelats, kunde jag konstatera att det var en härlig eftermiddag under solens värmande strålar, med goda hamburgare och trevligt mingel.

En eftermiddag med EY, volleyboll

och solsken


Text: Emilia Hemmesåker Photo: Ellen Carlson Hanse


The Effect of a Single Photograph

The stream of news does not always catch our attention. You have to know where to turn if

you want to avoid all the noise, the mindless and irrelevant stream of nothing, in order to get real news that matter. The twitter feeds, the tabloid websites and all the other sources of junk have established viewpoints as the dominant news vehicle, rather than, say, facts. But every now and then, real news that matter, manage to cut through.

Nilüfer Demir, a turkish photographer, managed to do so earlier this year, as she happened to be the first to discover the body of young Aylan Kurdi, who drowned as the raft he was on capsized near the beaches of Bodrum. Aylan was from Kobane, one of the Syrian towns that has been brutally affec-ted by the terror of the Islamic State. Demir’s picture of Aylan immediately struck a chord among most people who saw it. It was, and still is, very intrusi-ve and heart-breaking, and it appeared to have shifted the view of many of us. Several polls claimed we could spot a clear shift to a more welcoming attitude towards refugees. Politicians from all countries (except a couple of our European neighbours) competed on caring.

Anyone with a heart can only mourn the fate of young Aylan and his family – but this tragic event is also food for thought. While it is good that people react, I cannot help but thinking the whole thing is a failure of mankind on several accounts. Not only the rub-bish that is forcing millions to flee from their homes, that goes without saying. But it is also a failure that we need a picture like this to actually start caring. Those who were taken by surprise by Aylan’s fate have mis-sed something, since the hardships of escaping through the Middle East and Europe were well known in our part of the world before. And, likewise, when it comes to the death rates of refugees. Could we not imagine this before? Did we not have any conception of what drowning looks like? For those of us who cannot handle facts and reason,

and instead develop our view of the world based on numb impression and routine only, images like this make a real – life-saving – difference.

One may wonder why words and numbers cannot convey this mes-sage as strongly, and it is clear that the response to stimuli such facts is helped, tremendously, by image. And I must admit that part of me is surprised that one picture can still cut through in such a fundamental way as Demir’s did. In the “old” media landscape this happened more regularly. Strong images from the Vietnam War helped shape the opinion against it. Dorothea Lange’s iconic photos of the poor in the US during the depression helped

raise support for the New Deal. The footage of the concentration camps helps us to forever remember the holo-caust. In our modern media landscape, image still has a significant power and is a cornerstone of relevant and rigo-rous journalism. Nilüfer Demir unwil-lingly just added one iconic symbol of our time.

Inspector Thomas Kalling

Photo: Jennifer Annevik

I was sitting on the bus the other day, and was continuously met with strange glances and stern looks. I

had been in a rush that morning so I was wondering whether I had a weird hairdo or perhaps I had a stain on my shirt. Then I realised it. I was chewing gum. I quickly stopped, and the looks came to an end.

The strange and strict laws in Singa-pore may be your first encounter with the country when you first consider an exchange here. You might even also hear some stories about students who are eventually deported because of their misconduct in the country. I was told, on several different occasions, about two German students that had done graffiti and were consequently sent home after a brief tenure in a Singaporean jail. Stories like this might discourage you, especially when they turn out to be true (damn those Ger-man guys!). But really, living here is not much harder than residing in

Lund. As long as you do not chew gum, eat or drink on the subway (or in the stations!), and abide by a couple of

other laws you will do just fine here. But if you do do something wrong, you can be sure that the authorities will find you due to the frightening amount of surveillance cameras everywhere.

You may also have heard that Singa-pore is a very clean city, which is true, in certain parts at least. The Down-town area and more touristy parts are very clean and you will have to look hard to find a piece of trash lying around, which is quite impressive since there are barely any trashcans any-where. I guess the locals walk around with garbage in their pockets all day. However, you will not be impressed if you venture to the more genuine parts of Singapore. I have seen some of the cleanest streets here in Singapore, but also some of the filthiest beaches. East Coast Park is a park and beach that is highly regarded by locals. I have no idea why though because there was more trash there than outside McDonald’s on a Saturday morning. Examples of what you can stumble upon after a short stroll along the shoreline are old sandals, diapers, con-doms, and I am pretty sure something was moving in that box!

I had the pleasure of arriving in Singa-pore in time for their 50th anniversary celebrations as an independent state. The festivities were concentrated around the nicest area here in Singa-pore, Marina Bay. It is also here where the famous Marina Bay Sands hotel resides with an infinity pool on top of the boat like structure. The day featured a parade, some (propaganda) broadcasts, and an impressive air show put on by the Singaporean Air force. It is quite evident that they are a proud people, and very fond of their home after experiencing their national day. They also seem very patriotic and nationalistic (my professor in Public Finance mentions their incredibly excellent army every other lecture), which comes to me as a surprise consi-dering their young history as an inde-pendent country, and their diverse but separated population. Singaporeans are made up of mostly Chinese, Indians,

and Malays. I say separated because I get the impression that these various groups rarely spend time together. It is very seldom, if ever, I have seen a group consisting of various ethnic groups here in Singapore. My sample size is of course quite small but it is something that I noticed after brow-sing lectures, study spaces, common rooms at the university, and, of course, walking around town.

I came here to study, and of course I do a bit of that as well. NUS was already highly ranked before I arrived here and it just recently climbed to place number 13 in the world accor-ding to the QS rankings, and remains as Asia’s top university. So for those of you who are considering an exchange at NUS, do not just take my word for it, but also find solace in the rankings, when I say it is a good university. I study Economics in Lund and do so here as well. For that reason, unlike most students in Lund, I do not attend lectures in the fancy building that is the Business School, but instead spend most of my time at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). The buildings are quite old, but the lecture halls are decent, nicer than the ones at LUSEM really. The lectures hold a sceptical level. To be honest I would expect more from the best university in Asia. I think it is quite noticeable that FASS, unfortunately, does not receive most of the resources from the university. In that aspect it is quite similar to LUSEM, the economics education being overshadowed by the business programme. However, where the lectures lack, the tutorials (lessons) do much better. These are conducted in smaller groups and the professor really makes an effort to get to know their students and seem very eager to help us learn the material.

I live on campus here on NUS, and I am very happy with my choice. Not only is it much cheaper than living off campus but it also makes it easier to meet other students, especially from other countries. What seems to be quite common, if you live in a


Name: Philip WrangbergCountry: SingaporeUniversity: National University of Singapore


Singapore celebrates 50 yearsyears

shared apartment in the city with others, is that you only spend time with them and do not get involved in the student life as much as you may have liked to. Anyway, on campus you basically have two choices. Either live in the newer, nicer Utown Residence or the older, damper Prince Georges Park Residence (PGPR). It really is not much of a choice though since you just get allocated a room if you apply for on-campus housing. I had the misfor-tune of getting a room at PGPR, which I will admit, was quite bothersome the first few weeks. The main issue is that the rooms do not have air conditio-ning, which is horrendous when the average temperature, day and night, is 30 degrees. Other than that though, there are no real issues with living at PGPR. There are even some benefits to it over Utown. It is for example closer to the subway, though Utown has a pool. Here we have a restaurant open until 1AM. Utown does have a

pool though. It is closer to get to my lectures from here, but damnit Utown has a pool… All in all, as an exchange student, I am just spending 4 months here and it is more than decent for that amount of time. However, I do pity those poor souls that live here for 4 years.

Unlike Swedish Universities, sport and recreation is a very vibrant part of the student life here on campus. They have a range of teams in various sports that you can join if you would like to. I tried out for both the Varsity football team and the Faculty team. I made the faculty team and played a 2-week tour-nament against the other faculties here at NUS. Unfortunately we could not complete the tournament due to the haze that captivated Singapore in early September and has remained since. Other than the student life on cam-pus Singapore offers multiple sights to visit. Whether you like shopping,

wildlife, or theme parks, Singapore has most of it. Once you get tired of Singa-pore however it is very easy to travel abroad with flights departing daily to the rest of South East Asia. I have ma-naged to visit Malaysia and Indonesia so far and plan to reach Thailand and Hong Kong as well before the semester ends. Since we end in early December there are lots of possibilities to travel after the semester as well.

So, Haze, as the locals call it, is basi-cally pollution from Indonesia that due to unfortunate wind patterns settles over Singapore every September. It takes form as a thick layer of grey clouds over the entire country and blocks out the sun and the blue skies. If it was not for my recent trip to Bali I would not have seen the sun for almost a month now. As it is pollution, it is not the healthiest environment to be in either. More and more locals are seen with dust masks as the haze overstays



its welcome. I have considered getting one as well, as I am getting quite fre-quent headaches nowadays. Most years it is usually just present for a couple of weeks but this year it has occupied the Singaporean skies for a month now, with no sign of capitulation. The hope of many locals is that the monsoon

season will force it away in early November. I am not sure what I prefer, constant rain or a grey lid over the city. Admittedly, good weather is not one of the reasons to visit Singapore. Though, it never gets cold, unless you are inside of course.

I hope I have enlightened you all on what an exchange here in Singapore can offer you and perhaps even inspi-red some of you to apply to NUS for your upcoming semesters!


Text: Philip WrangbergPhoto: Max Rasmusson &

Philip Wrangberg


Intervju med LightSamarbetet Europas länder emel-lan står just nu inför ett omfattande test. Förutom de interna ekonomiska problem som legat och irriterat Euro-samarbetet en längre tid, har externa konflikter nu gjort att enorma flyk-tingströmmar rör sig i riktning mot fred, stabilitet och säkerhet. Europa har inte sett en migration liknande den som nu pågår sedan andra världs-kriget, och det är tydligt att alla länder inte är rustade för utmaningen att ta emot dessa flyktingar.

Den bakomliggande konflikten i Syrien har pågått sedan den arabiska våren mötte blodigt motstånd från landets ledare Bashar al-Assad. Istället för ett regeringsskifte ledde demon-strationerna till en våldsam konflikt mellan makthavare och invånare, något som drivit miljoner människor på flykt. Färdvägen har för många gått genom Turkiet och vidare in i Europa, och väl där har kaosartade scener utspelat sig vid gränskontroller och på tågstationer. Bilder av misär, överbe-folkade flyktingläger och desperata människor på flykt har kablats ut över hela världen.

Inom EU har flyktingfrågan givetvis varit högst på dagordningen under en tid och ländernas förhållnings-sätt skiljer sig markant. Det är också mycket stor skillnad länderna emellan vad gäller antalet flyktingar som tas emot och beviljas asyl. Tyskland och Angela Merkel går i bräschen för att alla som flyr kriget ska hitta en fristad och att Europas länder ska vara öppna och välkomnande, men det är långt ifrån en självklarhet att detta synsätt lyckas implementeras i resterande medlemsländer.

Med en så omfattande och infekterad konflikt som bakomliggande orsak till flyktingkrisen, och med så mycket förhandlingar och beslutsfattande på högsta politiska nivå, kan det vara svårt för varje enskild individ att veta hur man ska engagera sig om man vill hjälpa till. I Sverige demonstreras och debatteras det ständigt,

med mängder av volontärer som lägger ner tid och planering på att förbättra flyktingarnas situation, men likväl kan det vara svårt för den som vill vara del av detta att veta var man ska börja.

Ett gäng människor som är helt klara med vad de vill göra och åstadkomma, och dessutom omsätter dessa idéer i handling, är ett av Lundaekonomer-nas nyaste utskott; Light. Som kårens välgörenhetsutskott fokuserar Light sin dagliga verksamhet på att göra skillnad för de som verkligen behöver det. Med välgörenhetsluncher varje månad och flertalet andra evenemang i samma anda, erbjuder de tillsam-

mans med sina samarbetspartners en möjlighet för studenter som gärna vill hjälpa till med något, men inte vet var de ska vända sig, en chans att bli ak-tiva. Precis som många andra utskott har Light, såhär i början av höstter-minen, bytt styrelse och ny president är Jonathan Lundberg. Han läser sin tredje termin på väg mot en kandi-datexamen i ekonomi, och Nådiga Lundtan har träffat honom för att få en bättre uppfattning om vad som är drivkraften bakom ideellt arbete.

Jonathan, det finns många sätt att engagera sig i studentlivet, och du har valt att engagera dig i ett välgö-renhetsprojekt. Hur kommer det sig? ”Egentligen skulle man kunna säga att det känns som att jag gjort alldeles för lite i förhållande till hur privilegierad jag är. Jag är ute och har kul i Lund på så många sätt, och då känns det bra att kunna ge något tillbaka. När jag i början av hösten förra året gick förbi en 18-årig kille som satt i blöta kläder vid Clemenstorget så kunde jag inte låta bli att tänka på vad han gjort för att hamna där han är, och vad jag gjort för att hamna där jag är.

Jonathan Lundberg, president för Light..

”Jag är ute och har kul i Lund på så många sätt, och då känns det bra att kunna ge något tillbaka.”


Så svaret är väl egentligen att när jag går ut på lördagkvällen och vet att det finns människor i samma situation som killen som satt på gatan, lägger jag hellre mitt engagemang resten av veckan på att jobba med välgörenhet

istället för arrangera fler fester för oss som redan har rätt mycket.”

Jonathan berättar om upplevelser i Lund där han stött på tiggare med tuf-fa, svåra bakgrunder på stadens gator, och hur han nästan skämts över att gå förbi dem med välfyllda shoppingkas-sar och studiemedel på kontot. Han tar vid flera tillfällen upp det faktum att en stor del av den välfärd han lever i knappt ens kräver en motprestation, och att det därför känns bra att ge nå-got tillbaka till de som behöver det.

Kan du berätta mer om hur Lights verksamhet ser ut och vad ni faktiskt gör?

”Som det ser ut nu består verksamheten av två delar. Välgörenhetsluncher för behövande är den ena delen, då serve-ras med hjälp av Lights sponsorer mat till hemlösa och EU-migranter. Nytt för i höst är också att vi arrangerar evene-mang särskilt avsedda för flyktingbarn. Vid dessa tillfällen delas bland annat leksaker ut, och vi leker med barnen på plats på deras flyktingboenden. Dessa är våra två huvudaktiviteter.”

Light har, precis som många andra utskott inom Lundaekonomerna, precis rekryterat en ny styrelse. Vilka egenskaper krävs för att du ska få upp ögonen för en ansökande?

”Genuint intresse för att hjälpa andra, genuint intresse för att förstå männis-kor, men också ett driv och en gnista. Det ska vara något man gör för att man verkligen vill det, inget engagemang som går på halvfart. Jag ställer inte de konventionella frågorna på intervjun, utan vill ha ett samtal igång. Vid en vanlig intervju är det lätt att falla in i standardsvar. Det är istället utifrån samtalet jag bygger min bild av de jag intervjuar och vi har verkligen fått ihop ett vasst team i höst.”

Du har nu varit verksam i Light i ett år, på vilket sätt skulle du säga att ni redan nu gjort konkret skillnad?

”Vi har delat ut mer än 300 portioner mat till behövande. inte som andra jobb där man får ett tydligt resultat i pengar eller siffror, utan responsen vi får är framförallt direktkontakten med de vi träffar. Och i responsen märks verkligen att vi gör

Sen är det inte som andra jobb där man får ett tydligt resultat i pengar eller siff-ror, utan responsen vi får är framförallt direktkontakten med de vi träffar. Och i responsen märks verkligen att vi gör skillnad!”

Krig och elände är verkligen nå-got vi gärna skulle se mindre av på nyheterna idag, ibland vet man inte riktigt vart världen är på väg. Tror du att vi, på ett globalt plan, går åt rätt håll? ”Det är jag helt övertygad om! Kon-flikter i världen får ofta stora rubriker, men sanningen är den att fattigdom och svält aldrig varit lägre än nu. Tillgången till rent vatten är bättre än någonsin och våldsbrotten är färre än någonsin. Tyvärr kan jag väl tycka att den hjälp som sätts in i områden där det behövs, och alla pengar som skickas till krisdrabbade områden och män-niskor, inte riktigt syns. Folk donerar gärna, men skulle nog uppskatta att se mer specifikt vart pengarna går och vad de gör för nytta. Det är något jag verkligen tycker borde förbättras. Vi hör inte från välgörenhetsorganisatio-nerna förrän de behöver pengar nästa gång och visar oss bilder på ännu mer

hemskheter. Det kan få folk att tro att våra pengar inte gör nytta, utan kanske till och med förvärrar situationen, vilket inte är sant.” Jonathan berättar också att Lights mål denna termin är att nå ut till fler kår-medlemmar än innan. De har tidigare inte synts och hörts så mycket som han önskat, och därför vill utskottet nu försöka marknadsföra sig extra

mycket under hösten - allt för att ge ett glasklart alternativ för de som vill engagera sig!

Lights första välgörenhetslunch äger rum 2:a november, och i mitten på oktober tillsätts de personer som ska jobba under evenemanget


Text & Photo: Christoffer Waldemarsson


PRESIDENTFelicia Jönsson, 072 322 00 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENTLinn Rönnlöf, 072 322 00 [email protected]

TREASURERChristofer Kernén, 072 322 00 55 [email protected]

HEAD OF CORPORATE RELATIONSLinnette Ericsson, 072 322 00 66 [email protected]

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS Sofia Bjursåker, 072 322 00 77 [email protected]

HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSHanna Sjöstrand, 073 089 63 64 [email protected]

HEAD OF SOCIAL AFFAIRSMalin Mörk, 070 514 74 [email protected]

HEAD OF INTERNAL RELATIONSJohan Knape, 076 163 73 [email protected]

HEAD OF ALUMNI Ebba Friberg, 073 328 59 [email protected] 2016Jesper Sundström, 076 800 40 01

[email protected]

CASE ACADEMY Johan Lundström, 070 425 49 [email protected]

THE EDUCATION COMMITTEEKarin Jönsson, 073 544 85 96 [email protected]

THE CORPORATE RELATIONS COMMITTEE Daniel Granath, 072 301 02 03 [email protected]

THE IT-PROJECTRobert Bärlin, 076 839 52 [email protected]

THE SOCIAL COMMITTEEMalin Mö[email protected]

KPMG INTERNATIONAL CASE COMPETITIONJennifer JönssonW, 073 066 00 28 [email protected]

THE NOVICE COMMITTEEFredrik Nikolaev, 073 626 04 [email protected]

LUND ECONOMICS STOCKHOLM TOURMartina Huzell [email protected]

CORPORATE CHALLENGE

Alexandra Wiklund, 070 783 77 [email protected]

NÅDIGA LUNDTANAxel Schennings, 070 750 79 35 [email protected]

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEIsac Winell, 070 532 92 [email protected]

VINTERBALENLinnéa Noelli, 072 887 85 [email protected]

LUND INTERNATIONAL WEEKStina Schmiedel, 076 314 53 [email protected]

SAMDAYMarkus Olsson, 070 386 73 35 [email protected]

THE MARKETING GROUPAngelika Johansson, 073 022 50 52 [email protected]

SEXMÄSTERIETMarcus Kjezelman, 070 454 52 [email protected]

LUND EUROPEAN BUSINESS TOURNicole Johansson, 073 983 26 [email protected]

ÖRESUND LINKING MINDS

Marit Joten, 073 788 68 [email protected]

THE MASTER PROJECTMax Bengtsson, 070 291 01 [email protected]

LIGHT Jonathan Lundberg, 070 840 84 [email protected]

SALES TEAM Joakim Carlsson, 073 646 81 18 [email protected]

WILMA Anna Hallner, 076 870 07 75 [email protected]

ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMITTEE Jonas Tayli, 070 636 96 26 [email protected]

GENERAL COUNCILJulius Kvissberg [email protected]

NOMINATIONS COMITTEEFredrik Signäs, 073 813 17 13 [email protected]

KONTAKTA REDAKTIONEN PÅ

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President Felicia Jönsson

Vice President Linn Rönnlöf

The semester has started and all students are finally back in Lund and at LUSEM. Dur-

ing the summer Skånis has been very empty and quiet, but now the house is filled with students again, ready to take on the new semester.

Lund is a city like no other – one of its qualities is that it can vary in shapes. The Board started working by the first of August at Skånis. At that time, Lund was like a ghost town, the streets were empty and it felt like the city was sleeping.

Three weeks later the Novice week started and overnight the city shifted from a ghost town to a pulsating stu-dent city. The streets were filled with cheering and singing people around the clock, and you could feel the high expectations from both new and old students. By September, Lund contin-ued to fill with people bursting with energy. We all feel that a new semes-

ter means a lot of new opportunities; opportunities to grow, to meet new people, and to cre-ate memories for life. It is the power of all students at Lund University that makes this city flourish when autumn comes around. According to me, this is the perfect shape of Lund.

For you who will experience your first semester in Lund, I can guarantee that you have made the right choice, because it is true – Lund is the best student city in Sweden. What-ever you are interested in there is some-thing that will suit you.

I will try to capture the energy that vi-brates around us all and bring it into my job as President. I suggest you do the same, no matter the tasks that lie ahead of you.

The other day I read my horo-scope, something I usually do not believe in, but for once it

was spot on. It said that now is a time for change and new impressions.

That is exactly what I am facing right now. As I am writing this, it has been 64 days since I took on the role as Vice President for Lun-daEkonomer-na. A completely new challenge for me.

But I am not the only one facing a great change; around 500 Novices of LundaEkonomerna are experiencing similar adjustments right now. It is a time of many questions, great confu-sion, and a lot of expectations buzz-ing through the air.

This makes me think about my first month as a student in Lund. I arrived in a new city where I was about to get new friends, new accommodation, a new lifestyle, and every-thing that

comes with it. For me, as for anyone else, a scary situation. But at the same time my curiosity took over and at that moment I did not know what to expect, other than something great.

With that said, I want to remind you that we have all been there, and we have all done that. So do not be afraid to embrace the opportunities within LundaEkonomerna. We will be by your side from the Novice week up until your Master’s degree, and we hope you will be there with us. I know by heart that you have the best time in front of you.

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