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The Baby Buster Generation and the Economics of Fertility

RIA BHANDARKAR – MAY 3RD, 2021 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL Fertility rates drive social, economic, and cultural trends, and current events determine fertility. That simple trend can seem terrifying since all Continue Reading

Posted On : May 3, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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America is Leaking: How to Repair the Federal Water Policy?

NICOLAS DUSSAUX – APRIL 1ST, 2021 EDITOR: SEBASTIAN MARSHALL “There is nothing more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce any thing; scarce any thing can be had in Continue Reading

Posted On : April 1, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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A World Without Coffee: The Story Behind a Possible Impending Coffee Crisis

EKATERINA YUDINA – MARCH 31ST, 2021 EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG Coffee’s prevalence in our world cannot be overstated. In the United States alone, nearly 400 million cups of coffee are consumed Continue Reading

Posted On : March 31, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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The Science of Fair Pricing: How Auctions Get Resources Allocation Right

NICOLAS DUSSAUX – MARCH 30TH, 2021 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Soon after the awarding of the Nobel Prize of Economics this year, a number of criticisms were levied against the Nobel Continue Reading

Posted On : March 30, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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In the Shadow of the Slump: The Depression of 1920-1921

DAVIS KEDROSKY – MARCH 18TH, 2021 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO Overshadowed by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Depression of 1920-1921 appears, if at all, as a footnote to the Continue Reading

Posted On : March 18, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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A Recipe Against Disaster: Inside Indonesia’s Ambitious Plan to Build a New Capital

CHAZEL HAKIM – MARCH 11TH, 2021 EDITOR: KAT XIE Two years ago, the president of Indonesia, Joko “Jowoki” Widodo, announced a grandiose plan. Motivated by problems plaguing Indonesia’s current capital, Continue Reading

Posted On : March 11, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Will Sacramento Lead California’s Housing Revolution?

VASANTH KUMAR – MARCH 10, 2021 EDITOR: MARLEY OTTMAN Over the past year, two separate bills proposing housing rezoning reform entered Sacramento, the state capital of California; one failed, and Continue Reading

Posted On : March 10, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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China’s Ironfisted Post-COVID Recovery

SZE YU WANG – FEBRUARY 18TH, 2021 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY In August last year, crowds of maskless partygoers packed into Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park  to attend an electronic music Continue Reading

Posted On : February 18, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Does Microfinance Work? A Neoliberal Approach to Poverty Reduction

ALLY MINTZER – NOVEMBER 2ND, 2020 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO The most famous microloan innovator and founder of the Bangladesh Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 Continue Reading

Posted On : November 2, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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COVID Update: The American Economic Reality

KONNOR VON EMSTER – OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM Introduction Last February, Berkeley Economic Review (BER) reported on the potential economic consequences of the novel coronavirus, also known as Continue Reading

Posted On : October 1, 2020 Published By : BER staff

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