Surveillance Never Sleeps
Writer: Varun Venkatesh Editor: Sean Lu Every single night, millions of people worldwide upload their dreams. The soft hums of sensor-filled rings, watches, and even mattresses can be heard Continue Reading
Real Fans, Fake Shirts: The Underground Trade of Counterfeit Jerseys
Writer: Saniya Pendharkar Editor: Saskia Stock Walk through a street market, scroll through TikTok, or just wander the stalls outside a stadium, and you’re almost sure to see them: Continue Reading
The Economics of Loneliness
Writer: Keanu Djalal Editor: Saskia Stock A Global Epidemic A Wall Street banker, an immigrant Uber Driver, a Berkeley research assistant. Different jobs, different backgrounds, different stages of life. Continue Reading
AI and the Bottom Rung of the Career Ladder
Writer: Richard Li Editor: Izzy Bayani In a Berkeley Economic Review article from 2018, Vatsal Bajaj anticipates that artificial intelligence may create a “new social class.” Drawing on comparisons Continue Reading
The Economic Viability of an Earthly Ecumenopolis
Writer: Joseph Burney Editor: Jason Shin The release of 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace introduced the world to a fundamentally different Star Wars galaxy than it Continue Reading
The Uncertain Future of Municipal Bond Finance
Writer: Leo Price Editor: Elliot Harvey As the oldest continually traded financial instrument in America, municipal bonds hold a unique position in the world of finance. Despite their modest Continue Reading
Interview with Jón Steinsson
From Iceland’s math classrooms to Berkeley’s macroeconomics, Professor Jón Steinsson traces how price rigidity and the Phillips curve’s slope shape debates between Keynesian and neoclassical views. This conversation spans his Continue Reading
Interview with Professor Bruno Meyerhof Salama
Teddy: You’ve had quite the journey. You started out in private practice in São Paulo, then New York City. You then pivoted into academia and teaching, landing at Berkeley Law. Continue Reading
Employing Fido: The Evolution of Canine Labor Markets
Writer: Fischer Work Editor: Yubeen Hyun Somewhere, over 10,000 years ago, a caveman reached out to pet a dog’s fur for the first time. With the ice broken, the Continue Reading
Deep, Narrow Funnels: Time Cost of Club Recruitment
Writer: Richard Li Editor: Izzy Bayani The first weeks of the semester at UC Berkeley are notoriously accompanied by student organizations tabling on Sproul. The aggressive flyering and enthusiasm of these groups Continue Reading