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Continue reading →: How does Trevor Noah use personal narrative to reflect broader social or political issues in Born a Crime?Trevor Noah is one of the most popular stand-up comedians of our time. His memoir, Born a Crime, is critically acclaimed for the fresh, retrospective style Noah took in its writing – especially given its complex subject matter. Having been born as living testament to the inequitability and infeasibility of…
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Hello, I’m
Sanat Moorthy
I am an 11th-grade IB student at MCTM International School in Chennai, India, with strong interests in Economics, Philosophy, and Psychology. I am also an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction.
My fascination with Economics began in Grade 6 during the pandemic, when my dad gifted me a copy of Freakonomics. This book opened up a whole new world to me and set me on a reading journey through titles like SuperFreakonomics, The Undercover Economist, Thinking, Fast and Slow and many others. During the pandemic, I was also introduced to philosophy through weekly online sessions with Nathan S. on Outschool.com. My current passion is Behavioral Economics and everything that lies at the intersection of Economics, Philosophy and Psychology – essentially why people behave like they do and what economic consequences does this have.