What the Gold Rush Can Teach Us About the Creator Economy
Writer: Mahalet Habteyes Editor: Selina Yang On a chilly April morning in 1849, a prospector stoops over an icy stream, fingers numb as he pans for gold nuggets. He has Continue Reading
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
Interview with David Singh Grewal
Professor David Singh Grewal is a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he teaches in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy doctoral program. He Continue Reading
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
The Tariff Paradox: Trump’s Vision for Reshoring and the AI Contradiction
Written by: Tim Roth | Edited by: Caroline Crowley Written in March 2025. Due to the rapid changes in trade policy implementation of the current U.S. administration, the ideas discussed and Continue Reading
Game Theory and Tariffs: Are Trade Wars Really Tar-rific and Efficient?
Written by: Tanvi Garg | Edited by: Selina Yang Decisions, decisions, and more decisions. As the new Trump administration rolls in with tariff after tariff against goods from Mexico, Canada, and Continue Reading
Lights, Camera, Exodus: The Mass Departure Reshaping Hollywood
Writer: Teddy Kuser | Editor: Yubeen Hyun Hollywood: the bedrock of Los Angeles’ economy, the source of limitless imagination, and the theme for countless high school proms year after year, is Continue Reading
Interview with Christian Wright
Professor Christian Wright is a professor of psychology at San Francisco State University. He holds a phD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida. His research Continue Reading
Arkansas’s Postpartum Care Problem
Writer: Mahlet Habteyes | Editor: David Han Six weeks after her emergency C-section, while her twin boys were still in neonatal intensive care, Maya Gobara stepped into an Arkansas pharmacy to Continue Reading
Global Undersea Internet Cables: Economic Leverage and Strategic Implications
Writer: Aidan Chan | Editor: Andrew Ho Japan occupies a critical position in global internet infrastructure, acting as a key hub for undersea fiber-optic cables that facilitate connectivity between Asia Continue Reading