The Future of Employment in the Age of Robots and AI
SAVR KUMAR – APRIL 2ND, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL Continue Reading
Paying Attention: The Attention Economy
ALLY MINTZER – MARCH 31ST, 2020 EDITOR: PEDRO DE MARCOS Economics is the study of how scarce resources are allocated; whether that is housing, food, or money. However, in an Continue Reading
The Unrealizable Libertarian Dream
NICOLAS DUSSAUX – MARCH 18TH, 2020 EDITOR: PINJA VUORINEN In 2019 Facebook announced the creation of a new cryptocurrency, called Libra. Even though Libra is usually referred to as “Facebook’s Continue Reading
The Online Marketplace for Child Sexual Abuse Materials
NANDITHA NAIR – DECEMBER 4TH, 2019 Continue Reading
Future Hopes and Current Concerns in the Next Generation of US Agriculture
MATT ARENA-OCTOBER 17TH, 2019 Continue Reading
“Once Untrustworthy, Always Restricted”: China’s Social Credit System
JOSEPH NG – NOVEMBER 22, 2018 There is another side to one of the greatest economic turnarounds of the last few decades. China’s rapid economic growth has meant that a Continue Reading
Joblessness: The Effects of Technology on U.S. Jobs
KAT BLESIE – NOVEMBER 22, 2018 The United States has often seen powerful people preaching the importance of working hard and staying busy. Our “bully pulpit” president Theodore Roosevelt once Continue Reading
Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of a New Social Class
VATSAL BAJAJ – APRIL 11, 2018 John Maynard Keynes first coined the term “technological unemployment” in 1930 in his essay “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren.” He defined it as the “unemployment Continue Reading
Bitcoin: Fad or Future?
ANASTASIA PYRINIS – MARCH 16TH, 2018 Bitcoin has been taking the world by storm. In December, the “open-source, peer-to-peer digital currency” hit an all-time high, reaching a value of $19,843 per Continue Reading
The Rise of E-Commerce and What It Means for Traditional Malls
ANASTASIA PYRINIS – NOVEMBER 10, 2017 Every city had many. Every town had at least one. Every small community wanted one. They used to be bustling with business, crowded with Continue Reading