Economics of Abundance
OLIVIA GINGOLD – MARCH 10TH, 2020 EDITORS: CHAZEL HAKIM, ANDREW BABSON We’ve all been there before: you are digging around in your fridge for that jar of jelly to put on Continue Reading
Behavioral CEOs: Managerial Overconfidence and Personal Characteristics
GRACE JANG – MARCH 9TH, 2020 EDITOR: PINJA VUORINEN Introduction Corporate Executive Officers (CEOs) are often seen as impersonal economic agents who play a crucial role in shaping the economy. Continue Reading
Pete Buttigieg’s Plan for Free Market Medicare
KONNOR VON EMSTER – MARCH 5TH, 2020 EDITOR: SABRINA LERSKIATIPHANICH Pete Buttigieg, a young veteran and mayor of South Bend Indiana, faced the daunting task of running against established candidates Continue Reading
Political Polling
ANI BANERJEE – MARCH 4TH, 2020 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL Political polling for preferred candidates often seems to be a fool’s errand, even in the least controversial election years. Perhaps it Continue Reading
The Corporate Taxation Problem Facing America
YASH RAJWANSHI – MARCH 3RD, 2020 EDITOR: EDGAR HILDEBRANDT ROJO If you’ve been keeping up with the 2020 presidential election cycle, you have probably heard Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and others Continue Reading
Capitalism Beyond Freedom?
NICOLAS DUSSAUX – MARCH 2ND, 2020 EDITOR: PEDRO DE MARCOS Recent political debates in the United States demonstrate the concern of the American population about the possibility that the United Continue Reading
The Spanish Mystery
DAVIS KEDROSKY – FEBRUARY 27TH, 2020 EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG In the latter half of the sixteenth century, Spain Continue Reading
“All Are Created (Not So) Equal:” Wealth Inequality in America
ALLY MINTZER – FEBRUARY 26TH, 2020 Continue Reading
Unboxing Universal Basic Income
YASH RAJWANSHI – FEBRUARY 25TH, 2020 EDITORS: ALEX CHENG & ANDREAS MAASS Background Andrew Yang, a former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, started his campaign with the proposal of “the Freedom Dividend.” Continue Reading
The Economic Fallout of Regulating Student Visas
OLIVIA GINGOLD – FEBRUARY 19TH, 2020 EDITORS: LUCIA DARDIS, PARMITA DAS International students: we go to class with them, we notice their accents, and we learn about new cultures from Continue Reading