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Kazakhstan’s AI Paradox

Writer: Aidan Morgan Chan Editor: Emilia Marshall In early 2025, Kazakhstan’s National Investment Corporation (NIC) announced plans to allocate capital into artificial intelligence infrastructure funds, marking the Central Asian nation’s entry Continue Reading

Posted On : November 14, 2025 Published By : BER staff
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The Zen of Zero Growth? Rethinking Japan’s Economic Slowdown

Writer: Tim Roth, Editor: Kiet Hoa When we think of economic slowdown, we usually imagine something grim: cities in decay, widespread unemployment, a government lurching toward default. Then there’s Japan, aging Continue Reading

Posted On : October 10, 2025 Published By : BER staff
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Cryptic Wealth

Written by: Aidan Chan | Edited by: Caroline Crowley In a world where innovation often outpaces regulation, cryptocurrency has emerged as a symbol of both liberation and exploitation. Proponents hail it Continue Reading

Posted On : October 3, 2025 Published By : BER staff
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A Professor, Student, and Pizza Worker Walk Into a Bar: Comparing Perspectives on Co-ops

AUTHOR: TUCKER GAUSS, EDITOR: BECCA PENG This article is part of a two-part series on the role of co-ops in reducing inequality. Read Part 1 on The Cheese Board’s co-op Continue Reading

Posted On : September 30, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Gender Demographic Disparities Between Teachers and Professors

MIRIAM KLACZYNSKA– APRIL 27, 2024 EDITOR: SHASHI BALASUBRAMANIAN When I ask my friends about their best elementary, middle, and high school teachers, I am met with a consistent chorus of Continue Reading

Posted On : April 27, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Unraveling Unions: How Currency Unions Impact Trade

SANIYA PENDHARKAR – APRIL 26TH, 2024 EDITOR: ESMA OZGUN Since the aftermath of World War II, over one hundred countries have participated in a currency union, defined as the adoption Continue Reading

Posted On : April 26, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Low-Cost Carriers Take Flight in the Airline Industry

FELIX ZHANG – APRIL 24TH, 2024 EDITOR: LARA RAMIREZ A ninety-dollar ticket from San Francisco to Cabo sounds like the perfect affordable getaway, but now there is a never-ending line Continue Reading

Posted On : April 24, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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The Illusion of Certainty: Navigating the Unpredictable Waters of Economics

NELSON LAW – APRIL 18, 2024 EDITOR: EMILY PHUONG VU Economists are the logicians of humanity: experts who rationalize a world of complexity and chaos. The discipline revolves around ‘scarcity’: Continue Reading

Posted On : April 18, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Beyond Survival: Berkeley’s Post-Pandemic Small-Business Scene and Xpression’s Recipe for Resilience

JACK YANG – APRIL 18TH, 2024 EDITOR: SOPHIE NIU As the warm embrace of Spring welcomes us once again, it’s hard not to reflect on the stark contrast to four Continue Reading

Posted On : April 18, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Is Cheese Board’s Coop the Labor Model of the Future?

TUCKER GAUSS – APRIL 11TH, 2024 EDITOR: BECCA PENG Sometimes you wonder if economists ever step outside their lecture halls. Monopolies aren’t businesses, they’re a series of curves on a Continue Reading

Posted On : April 11, 2024 Published By : BER staff

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