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Africa + China: The Belt and Road Initiative as an Outcome of Defense Policy

SAHIL JAISWAL – NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023 EDITOR: COLE YAP  Introduction: From 1.2 Trillion in 2000 to 17.7 Trillion in 2021, China multiplied its GDP by a factor of 15 in Continue Reading

Posted On : November 16, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Can you afford kids? The Rising Costs of Children

WRITER: EMMA-JANE BURNS EDITOR: MICHAEL ATHANASSIADIS The average American family can now expect to spend over $300,000 raising a child to the age of 17 before including college tuition. Rising Continue Reading

Posted On : November 13, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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The Housing Market Standoff: Why a Crash Isn’t on the Horizon and the Duel Between Supply and Demand

ALKIS TOUTZIARIDIS – NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 EDITOR: LARA RAMIREZ The health of the housing market, often regarded as the pulse of the economy, is a pivotal component in shaping the Continue Reading

Posted On : November 7, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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California Housing Crisis: a Necessary Crisis to Solve Amidst High Interest Rates

NELSON LAW – NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 EDITOR: ARYAN SHAFAT What is a home to you? To some it’s a shelter, to others it is a safe haven for living comfortably and Continue Reading

Posted On : November 1, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Interview with Hilary Hoynes

PALLAVI MURTHY – OCTOBER 2, 2023 Interview conducted by Pallavi Murthy Professor Hilary Hoynes is a Professor Economic and Public Policy at Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Continue Reading

Posted On : October 2, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Applying Behavioral Economics to Marketing, Policy, and Beyond

ANGELA CHEN – SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 EDITOR: MAHATHI KATTAMURI The field of behavioral economics is experiencing an intellectual heyday as we speak; books such as Thinking, Fast and Slow and Continue Reading

Posted On : September 6, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Korea Continues to Be Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

NITA SABOURI – APRIL 14TH, 2023 EDITOR: DENYSE CHAN On August 16th, 2022, Congress approved the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a new federal law that hopes to (you guessed it) Continue Reading

Posted On : April 14, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Is economic man really a rational agent?

DHOHA BARECHE – APRIL 6TH, 2023 EDITOR: ABIGAIL MORRIS Introduction In 1934, U.S. Congress passed the National Housing Act to stabilize the housing market after its collapse in the Great Continue Reading

Posted On : April 6, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Elections, Earthquakes, and Erdoğanomics: The Political Economy of Erdoğan’s War on Inflation

ESMA OZGUN – MARCH 14TH, 2023 EDITOR: GRIFFIN SHUFELDT As Turkey suffers from the destruction of the deadliest earthquake in decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will have to contend with Continue Reading

Posted On : March 14, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Egypt is Being Dramatic (Again)

ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH – 2 FEBRUARY 2023 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY By the spring of 2022, the desert outside Cairo had a life of its own. Cranes hung over clusters of half-built Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2023 Published By : BER staff

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