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What It Takes to Win a Seat: Campaign Economics in the Trump Era

EKATERINA YUDINA – NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL With the 2020 election cycle having approached it’s conclusion, we can look back at how various campaigns across the country frantically Continue Reading

Posted On : November 5, 2020 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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Back When America Was Socialist

KONNOR VON EMSTER – OCTOBER 30TH 2020 EDITORS: KAT XIE, KAREENA HARGUNANI The 2016 election was a shock to many. In liberal parts of the country such as my own Continue Reading

Posted On : October 30, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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Guns, Fees, Steel: The History of Payment Processors and Guns

AISHANI BANERJEE – OCTOBER 29TH, 2020 EDITOR: RAKSHA SEN On February 12, 2020, PayPal announced an unlikely partnership. Criminologists at the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago and the Continue Reading

Posted On : October 29, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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Is Antitrust Enforcement Effective?

ALLY MINTZER – OCTOBER 28TH, 2020 EDITOR: KAT XIE Update: This article was written before the DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Oct 20th, 2020. In late September Continue Reading

Posted On : October 28, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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COVID-19: The Role of Culture in Social Distancing and Infection Rate

GRACE JANG – OCTOBER 27TH, 2020 EDITOR: ABHISHEK ROY Background Since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the pandemic has reached and spread across other countries at different speeds. Continue Reading

Posted On : October 27, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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Dancing with the Dragon: An Economic History of Taiwan’s China Policy

SZE WANG – 27TH OCTOBER 2020 EDITOR: LUCIA DARDIS We live in a time where politicians and entire governments group themselves based on their stance on Chinese trade. Emerging markets Continue Reading

Posted On : October 27, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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Going International: On China’s Efforts to Internationalize Its Currency

THOMAS SO – OCTOBER 22ND, 2020 EDITOR: KALEY KRANICH China has been ambitiously planning to make its currency, the yuan, one of the global reserve currencies. Nevertheless, being an international Continue Reading

Posted On : October 22, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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The FinCEN Files: Two Failures in International Banking

VASANTH KUMAR – OCTOBER 21ST, 2020 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL On September 20, BuzzFeed News published the FinCEN Files: an analysis of over 2,100 leaked Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) submitted to Continue Reading

Posted On : October 21, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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A Vaccine Won’t Cure COVID-19’s Effect on Education Inequality

RIA BHANDARKAR – OCTOBER 20TH, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM The coronavirus pandemic has forced people from all stages of life to transition to a more digital world. Although some groups Continue Reading

Posted On : October 20, 2020 Published By : BER staff

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