US-China Trade War: An Analysis of Its Effect on the US Consumer Sentiment
GRACE JANG – OCTOBER 23RD, 2019 Continue Reading
Persecution for Profit: China’s Economic Strategy in Xinjiang
RAINA ZHAO – OCTOBER 22ND, 2019 Continue Reading
Presidential Economics: A Series on Presidential Candidates’ Economic Proposals Part 5—Bernie Sanders
OLIVIA GINGOLD – April 24TH, 2019 The phrase “Feel the Bern” still resonates today nearly three years after the 2016 presidential election. This phrase references to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Continue Reading
Presidential Economics: A Series on Presidential Candidates’ Economic Proposals Part 4— Beto O’Rourke
OLIVIA GINGOLD – APRIL 17TH, 2018 In the first day after announcing his decision to run for president in the 2020 election, Beto O’Rourke raised an astounding $6.1 million—more than Continue Reading
Presidential Economics: A Series on Presidential Candidates’ Economic Proposals Part 3—Elizabeth Warren
OLIVIA GINGOLD – APRIL 10TH, 2018 Unlike last week’s presidential hopeful, Elizabeth Warren is not new to politics. Quite the contrary, Warren has been a senator of Massachusetts since 2013. Continue Reading
Presidential Economics: A Series on Presidential Candidates’ Economic Proposals Part 2
OLIVIA GINGOLD – MARCH 20TH, 2019 Many of the candidates running for president are high-profile, successful politicians who have already made a name for themselves. But one presidential candidate, Andrew Continue Reading
Presidential Economics: A Series on Presidential Candidates’ Economic Proposals
OLIVIA GINGOLD – MARCH 13, 2019 In November of 2020, a new President of the United States will be elected. With Election Day just over a year and a half Continue Reading
Bezos’s Billions and the Disproportionate Growth Of America’s Top Earners
KATHERINE BLESIE – MARCH 12TH, 2019 A recent tweet about Jeff Bezos and the astounding magnitude of his fortune is making the rounds on social media. Originally posted by Matthew Continue Reading
A New Approach to the Minimum Wage in California
VINAY MARURI – MARCH 5TH, 2019 State level minimum wages have been a hot economic topic recently, as voters in Arkansas and Missouri approved measures this month to raise the Continue Reading
America’s Trade Frustrations: Could the Trump Presidency be Nailed by Its Own Steel Tariffs?
ARSH VISHEN – DECEMBER 17, 2018 You’ve heard it before—economists all over the world have lambasted the President’s tariff initiatives. In fact, out of 60 economists surveyed by Reuters, not Continue Reading