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Economics of Collectibles: Fighting the Assimilation of Desire

SELINA YANG – SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 EDITOR LARA RAMIEREZ   The majority of my 10-year-old self’s brain power was spent thinking about Pokemon cards. Something about these colorful cardstock rectangles was Continue Reading

Posted On : September 27, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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The Lost Luxuries of Lacemaking

SELINA YANG- APRIL 24 2023 EDITOR: ABBY MORRIS While strolling through an art museum, the faces of history loom down as a cold reminder of the past. Visual appeal can Continue Reading

Posted On : April 24, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Beyond Rational Expectations: Alternative Behavioral Approaches to Economics

EVAN DAVIS – APRIL 13TH, 2023 EDITOR: ARYAN SHAFAT My best friend’s breathing was picking up as the sun set on the horizon. Our mountain biking trip was quickly about Continue Reading

Posted On : April 13, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Behavioral Economics Can Explain Why You Probably Shouldn’t Have Put Your New PS5 on Your Credit Card, But You Did It Anyways

NITA SABOURI – MARCH 20TH, 2023 EDITOR: MEGAN DHINGRA We’ve all been there: you see something you desperately want—the perfect limited edition designer handbag, an intricate figurine of your favorite Continue Reading

Posted On : March 20, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Economics and World War II: Keynes Did Not “Get It Right”

EVAN DAVIS- DECEMBER 2, 2022 EDITOR: DENYSE CHAN What ended the Great Depression? If you answered World War II, you’d be in agreement with most. Even the U.S. government officially Continue Reading

Posted On : December 2, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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Rethinking Socialism

SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI – NOVEMBER 28, 2022 When you hear the word socialism, what image does it conjure in your mind? Do you think of something similar to the Soviet Union? Continue Reading

Posted On : November 28, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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Pioneers, Knights, and Guilds: History of the Cooperative Movement

RAMYA SRIDHAR, DHOHA BARECHE – NOVEMBER 17TH, 2022 EDITOR: GRIFFIN SHUFELDT, SELINA YANG PROJECT LEAD: SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI The Cooperative Movement began in the 19th century as a response to the Continue Reading

Posted On : November 17, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

 ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH– NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022 EDITOR: THOMAS GUZMAN Thomas E. Watson has a memorial in Atlanta, in a park across the street from the Georgia capitol building. The monument consists Continue Reading

Posted On : November 14, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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Socialism’s Economic Calculation Problem

EVAN DAVIS – October 31st, 2022 EDITOR: AAYUSH SINGH “Socialism… has a record of failure so blatant only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” – Thomas Sowell When the Continue Reading

Posted On : October 31, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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What Numbers Don’t Know: The Broken Economics Behind America’s War in Vietnam

ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH – MARCH 3, 2022 EDITOR: MEHUL SACHDEV If there’s one thing Mai Huy Du knew, it was that the People’s Army would take him. No matter their age Continue Reading

Posted On : March 3, 2022 Published By : BER staff

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