Young Economist of the Year 2024
sponsored by KPMG UK AND FT SCHOOLS
We were overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of the submissions this year. With over 2,700 students getting involved in the competition, it was our biggest year to date! We had many fantastic entries, and it took us weeks to carefully examine them all and select our worthy finalists and commended entries.
Our five amazing finalists presented their research at the KPMG offices in Canary Wharf in October. They were assessed by a panel of judges from a range of industries including journalism, broadcasting, research and the corporate world. Furthermore, the finalists have been offered the amazing opportunity to tour HM Treasury and Number 10 and 11 Downing Street! The worthy winners were named as Harriet Turnbull, Medha Kumar and Neha Sathishkanna from The Tiffin Girls' School. Click here to read more about the final itself. Scroll down to see some photos from the final and Downing Street.
Please see below for our finalists, as well as the 20 'commended' submissions that particularly impressed our panel of experts. Furthermore, we are delighted to announce the winner of our first ever "Welsh Award", in partnership with the Welsh government. Thank you for your submissions - we hope to see you again next year! For information on our 2025 competition, sign up for our newsletter here.
Finalists
Name | School | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Eden Sung | Sir William Perkins' School | Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars? |
Grace Sachdeva, Nicole Chen, and Manya Gupta | Sheffield High School | What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals? |
Finn Regan and Sam Binnington | St George's School | What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic? |
Harriet Turnbull, Medha Kumar, and Neha Sathishkanna | Tiffin Girls' School | What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy? |
Shayaan Al-Asmi | The Sixth Form Bolton | Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy? |
Commended
Name | School | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Ruby Mason, Fearn Wheatley | Richmond Sixth Form | Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy? |
Rayan Amin | Sutton Coldfield College | Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy? |
Christine Akintolu | St. Olave's Grammar School | Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy? |
Sienna Fill | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy? |
Yash Kedia, Adithya Raghuraman, Aryan Kheterpal, Amogh Pai, Sasen Kankanamge Don | Queen Elizabeth's School | What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy? |
Shabiha Mukilan, Jamoi Williams, Sophie Howells, Daniela Dixon, Yasmin Koen | Westminster City School/Emanuel School | What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy? |
Leandra Gyekye, Charlotte Miller, Iziah Duck | Highams Park School | What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy? |
Chang Kit, Guy Manley, Garrick Soon | Harrow School | What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy? |
Megan Worthington, Emma Charlesworth, Kelly Luo, John Anderson | The Abbey School/The Piggott School | Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars? |
Hannah Anderson, Samuel Gardner, Leonardo Ferrer-Coe, Syed Beveney | Chestnut Grove Academy | Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars? |
Guy Wallis | Clitheroe Royal Grammar School | Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars? |
Emma Baptista | Portadown College | Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars? |
Daniel Abadi, Thomas Jessup, Ayden Salajee, Kritvi Kalani, Mahiee Maitreya | Brighton College | What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic? |
Lorena Saravanapavananthasivam | Bancroft's School | What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic? |
Reema Hindocha | King Edward VI Grammar School | What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic? |
Sampanna Raut, Shayden Sam, Henry (Wang) Ng | Winchester College / King Edward VI Camp Hill School | What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic? |
Matthew Hodgson, Stefan Kowalczyk, Ralph Dennis, Josh Chhatralia, Leo Stefanovski | Wallington County Grammar School | What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals? |
Daniel Jones | Thomas Telford School | What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals? |
Matthew McLachlan | Millfield School | What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals? |
Anushka Mukherjee | The Henrietta Barnett School | What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals? |
Welsh Award
This year, we were delighted to partner with the Welsh government to offer our first ever "Welsh Award", recognising a particularly brilliant entry from a student from Wales.
The first recipient of this prestigious award is Kate Mingo from Fitzalan High School in Cardiff, and she will be offered the opportunity to tour the Welsh Treasury in recognition of her excellent work.
