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
Pay Transparency
HANNAH SHIOHARA – NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 EDITOR: KATHERINE MCKERNAN Pay transparency, which refers to the degree of openness between a company and its employees about how much people are compensated, and Continue Reading
The Financialization of Education
DHOHA BARECHE – November 1, 2022 EDITOR: Katherine McKernan Introduction Following WWII, there was a great sense of optimism regarding development, globalization and the role of education in facilitating these advancements. In Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Countries: A History of the Greek Debt Crisis
AAYUSH SINGH – OCTOBER 10TH, 2022 EDITOR: KAREENA HARGUNANI There’s a European proverb commonly heard in the continent’s politics: “fix the roof when the sun is shining.” The words are Continue Reading
The Fundamental Problem with US Environmental Policy
JONATHAN LI – AUGUST 30TH 2022 I. US Environmental Framework In 1712, British ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented the first widely used steam engine, paving the way for the Industrial Revolution Continue Reading
The Chilean Path to Where? President Boric and the Return of the Left
SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI – APRIL 11TH, 2022 EDITOR: ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH “Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, but it will also be its grave,” declared Gabriel Boric as he launched his campaign Continue Reading
Then and Now: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Upheaval of the 2020s
AAYUSH SINGH – MARCH 15 2022 EDITOR – MILLIE KHOSLA When the world came to a screeching halt in March of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, economic policy seemingly Continue Reading
Holding Higher Education Accountable
JONATHAN LI – FEBRUARY 14, 2022 EDITER – RAKSHA SEN Part I: Trends in Tuition Costs With US aggregate student debt amounting to $1.7 trillion, Congressional Democrats have mounted heavy Continue Reading
Questioning the Efficacy of the Carbon Market
KAREENA HARGUNANI – NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL After years of companies treating carbon emissions as a negative externality of market interactions, former governor of the Bank of England Continue Reading
All Gas, No Brakes
ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH – OCTOBER 12TH, 2021 Continue Reading