Marx Meets the Mountains
DAVIS KEDROSKY – APRIL 16TH, 2020 EDITOR: PINJA VUORINEN When the lights go out at North American ski resorts, they all go out at once. The simultaneous closures of Alterra Continue Reading
The Wealth Tax: Pipe Dream or Path to Justice?
SAVR KUMAR – APRIL 15TH, 2020 EDITOR: AMANDA YAO The top 0.01 percent of Americans are estimated to hold nearly 20 percent of all wealth in 2018, three times larger Continue Reading
The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change
VANESSA THOMPSON – APRIL 14TH, 2020 EDITOR: ODYSSEUS PYRINIS 1.4 million students have skipped school and joined Greeta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future school strike to advocate for climate action. For Continue Reading
Life after Combat: Veteran Underemployment
ALLY MINTZER – APRIL 9TH, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM Enlisting into the military is an appealing option for many young adults. Thanks to the GI Bill, which provides 36 months Continue Reading
A New Breath for U.S. Antitrust Regulations
NICOLAS DUSSAUX – APRIL 8TH, 2020 EDITOR: ANDREW BABSON Why do Americans increasingly Continue Reading
Interview with Professor David Roland-Holst
AISHANI BANERJEE – APRIL 7TH, 2020 David Roland-Holst is an Adjunct Professor affiliated with the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and the Department of Economics at University of California, Continue Reading
Interview with Jeeyang Rhee Baum
ALLY MINTZER – APRIL 6TH, 2020 Jeeyang Rhee Baum is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Her research focuses on the political economy Continue Reading
The Future of Employment in the Age of Robots and AI
SAVR KUMAR – APRIL 2ND, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL Continue Reading
Interview with Professor Emmanuel Saez
SAVR KUMAR – APRIL 1ST, 2020 Recently, I had the opportunity to interview world-renowned professor and economist Emmanuel Saez whose myriad accomplishments speak for themself. Professor Saez, the Director of Continue Reading
Paying Attention: The Attention Economy
ALLY MINTZER – MARCH 31ST, 2020 EDITOR: PEDRO DE MARCOS Economics is the study of how scarce resources are allocated; whether that is housing, food, or money. However, in an Continue Reading