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Promoting Democracy Abroad: The Rise of US Economic Sanctions

SZE YU WANG – APRIL 5TH, 2021 EDITOR: MILLIE KHOSLA Within a month of entering office, President Biden raised concerns on human rights abuses in China, imposed economic sanctions on Continue Reading

Posted On : April 5, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Partisanship and COVID-19 Response

PETER ZHANG – APRIL 2ND, 2021 EDITOR: ABHISHEK ROY Introduction Even amidst a global pandemic that demands cooperation, American political polarization complicates our public health response. Partisanship has tangible impacts Continue Reading

Posted On : April 2, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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The Science of Fair Pricing: How Auctions Get Resources Allocation Right

NICOLAS DUSSAUX – MARCH 30TH, 2021 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Soon after the awarding of the Nobel Prize of Economics this year, a number of criticisms were levied against the Nobel Continue Reading

Posted On : March 30, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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“Water Finds the Leak”: How Federal and State Governments Lost Billions to Pandemic Aid Fraud

JAIDE LIN – MARCH 15TH, 2021 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Introduction When the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package was greenlit through bipartisan compromise in late March, the $260 billion in emergency unemployment Continue Reading

Posted On : March 15, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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The American Austerity Playbook

VASANTH KUMAR – MARCH 4TH, 2021 EDITOR: ALLY MINTZER In his 2012 bid for the American presidency, Senator Mitt Romney’s core economic plan was to cut taxes by $4.8 trillion and Continue Reading

Posted On : March 4, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Minimum Wage and Unemployment: Is it time to break up with Neoclassical Economics?

JENNIFER JACKSON – MARCH 3RD, 2021                           EDITOR: KAT XIE On January 14, amidst economic and social turmoil, incoming Continue Reading

Posted On : March 3, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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China’s Ironfisted Post-COVID Recovery

SZE YU WANG – FEBRUARY 18TH, 2021 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY In August last year, crowds of maskless partygoers packed into Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park  to attend an electronic music Continue Reading

Posted On : February 18, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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How A Broken US Non-Profit System Facilitated Anti-Abortion Law in Poland

ANI BANERJEE – FEBRUARY 17TH, 2021 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL In over one hundred and fifty cities in Poland, people have been defying pandemic restrictions, gathering to march in the streets, Continue Reading

Posted On : February 17, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Fed Accounts and the Right to Save

VASANTH KUMAR – FEBRUARY 15TH, 2021 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM The great banking innovation of the 20th century was deposit insurance, a policy that ended the bank runs that had plagued Continue Reading

Posted On : February 15, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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The Evolution of Biden’s China Policy: What It Might (or Might Not) Mean for US-China Trade

SZE YU WANG – NOVEMBER 23RD, 2020 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO On September 30, the two candidates for the president of the United States faced off in an ugly, chaotic debate. Continue Reading

Posted On : November 23, 2020 Published By : BER staff

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