Interview with Fernando Hoces de la Guardia
PETER ZHANG – DECEMBER 2ND, 2020 Fernando Hoces de la Guardia is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) hosted by the Center Continue Reading
Interview with Professor Hyuncheol Bryant Kim
SZE YU WANG – NOVEMBER 26TH 2020 Professor Kim is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Assistant Professor at Cornell Continue Reading
Interview with Professor Steven Vogel
ALLY MINTZER – 24 NOVEMBER, 2020 Steven Vogel is Chair of the Political Economy Program, the Il Han New Professor of Asian Studies, and a Professor of Political Science at Continue Reading
The Evolution of Biden’s China Policy: What It Might (or Might Not) Mean for US-China Trade
SZE YU WANG – NOVEMBER 23RD, 2020 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO On September 30, the two candidates for the president of the United States faced off in an ugly, chaotic debate. Continue Reading
Waves of Globalization: How Ships and the Sea Power Economic Development
DAVIS KEDROSKY – NOVEMBER 19TH, 2020 EDITOR: KAREENA HARGUNANI Commerce is a hallmark of civilizational development in histories of antiquity. The appearances of Greek coins in Egyptian coffers or Syriac Continue Reading
COVID-19 and College Towns
GRACE JANG – NOVEMBER 28TH, 2020 EDITOR: PEDRO DE MARCOS Background In the face of the continuing pandemic, colleges across the US have adopted various reopening plans for the fall Continue Reading
Looking Beyond the Unemployment Rate
VASANTH KUMAR – NOVEMBER 17TH 2020 EDITOR: KALEY KRANICH The September 2020 Jobs Report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) offered a solid, if not rosy, image of Continue Reading
Universal Housing Vouchers: The Biden-Harris Plan that Could Cut Poverty Rates in Half
JENNIFER JACKSON – NOVEMBER 11TH, 2020 EDITOR: KAT XIE On the crowded stage of the February Democratic Primary debates, candidates rolled out their housing agendas for their potential term as Continue Reading
Why Gum Is So Sticky
AISHANI BANERJEE – NOVEMBER 10TH, 2020 EDITOR: AYDIN MAHARRAMOV Introduction Two weeks into March of this year, the United States declared a national emergency. You can probably guess why. You can Continue Reading
Will COVID-19 Speed Up the Death of the American Mall?
RIA BHANDARKAR – NOVEMBER 9TH, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM Since the emergence of Amazon, eBay, and other online alternatives to in-person shopping, traditional retail has experienced a slow decline. Shopping Continue Reading