Split or Quit: The Study of Behavioral Economics
RAMYA SRIDHAR – MARCH 16TH, 2023 EDITOR: JACK YANG Picture this: You are sitting at a table across from someone you don’t know. In your hands, you have 100 dollars, Continue Reading
A Tale of Two War Economies
SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI – FEBRUARY 23, 2023 EDITOR: AIDAN CURRAN Two years ago, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. The move sent shockwaves around the world and has resulted in widespread economic Continue Reading
Elections, Earthquakes, and Erdoğanomics: The Political Economy of Erdoğan’s War on Inflation
ESMA OZGUN – MARCH 14TH, 2023 EDITOR: GRIFFIN SHUFELDT As Turkey suffers from the destruction of the deadliest earthquake in decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will have to contend with Continue Reading
Amtrak: Future of American Transit or Failed Experiment?
FELIX ZHANG – MARCH 13th, 2023 EDITOR: ARYAN SHAFAT Since its inception, Amtrak has long been the source of great debate and controversy. Proponents point towards Amtrak’s ability to connect Continue Reading
The Burmese Economic Burst and Opium Boom
MICHAEL ATHANASSIADIS – MARCH 7 2023 EDITOR: SELINA YANG Nestled near Myanmar’s mountainous borders with China, Laos, and Thailand, poppy fields are sprouting. Low-wage farmers are working the world’s second Continue Reading
ChatGPT and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence – A Blessing or A Curse?
EVAN DAVIS – MARCH 7TH, 2023 EDITOR: LARA RAMIREZ Meet John. John is your average Letters & Sciences student at Berkeley. He’s a freshman, doesn’t know what he wants to Continue Reading
Egypt is Being Dramatic (Again)
ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH – 2 FEBRUARY 2023 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY By the spring of 2022, the desert outside Cairo had a life of its own. Cranes hung over clusters of half-built Continue Reading
The Japanese Economic Miracle
HANNAH SHIOHARA – JANUARY 26TH, 2023 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY Economist Milton Friedman once said that “The best way to grow rapidly is to have the country bombarded.” Though it is Continue Reading
California Dreamin’ of a Bullet Train
SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI – 26 JANUARY 2023 EDITOR: GRIFFIN SHUFELDT Election night 2008 — as President Obama won a historic election with a sweeping mandate for progressive change, California voters approved Continue Reading
Why Leaving Nuclear Energy Behind is the Wrong Choice
JACOB HEISLER – JANUARY 26TH, 2023 EDITOR: THOMAS GUZMAN The United States faces an energy crisis. America’s reliance on fossil fuels causes irreparable environmental degradation that will only increase in Continue Reading