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Promoting Democracy Abroad: The Rise of US Economic Sanctions

SZE YU WANG – APRIL 5TH, 2021 EDITOR: MILLIE KHOSLA Within a month of entering office, President Biden raised concerns on human rights abuses in China, imposed economic sanctions on Continue Reading

Posted On : April 5, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Partisanship and COVID-19 Response

PETER ZHANG – APRIL 2ND, 2021 EDITOR: ABHISHEK ROY Introduction Even amidst a global pandemic that demands cooperation, American political polarization complicates our public health response. Partisanship has tangible impacts Continue Reading

Posted On : April 2, 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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How Taxes Shape Retail

ANI BANERJEE – MARCH 17TH, 2021 EDITOR: KAREENA HARGUNANI The Tax Code And You Let’s start at the beginning: in 1954. When the 83rd US Congress introduced the concept of Continue Reading

Posted On : March 17, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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“Water Finds the Leak”: How Federal and State Governments Lost Billions to Pandemic Aid Fraud

JAIDE LIN – MARCH 15TH, 2021 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Introduction When the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package was greenlit through bipartisan compromise in late March, the $260 billion in emergency unemployment Continue Reading

Posted On : March 15, 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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