In the Shadow of the Slump: The Depression of 1920-1921
DAVIS KEDROSKY – MARCH 18TH, 2021 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO Overshadowed by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Depression of 1920-1921 appears, if at all, as a footnote to the Continue Reading
How Taxes Shape Retail
ANI BANERJEE – MARCH 17TH, 2021 EDITOR: KAREENA HARGUNANI The Tax Code And You Let’s start at the beginning: in 1954. When the 83rd US Congress introduced the concept of Continue Reading
Privatization of the Banking Industry in the Russian Federation
EKATERINA YUDINA – MARCH 16TH, 2021 EDITOR: MILLIE KHOSLA Prior to 1991, the government of the USSR had managed to wield full control over one of the state’s largest sectors: Continue Reading
“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
A Recipe Against Disaster: Inside Indonesia’s Ambitious Plan to Build a New Capital
CHAZEL HAKIM – MARCH 11TH, 2021 EDITOR: KAT XIE Two years ago, the president of Indonesia, Joko “Jowoki” Widodo, announced a grandiose plan. Motivated by problems plaguing Indonesia’s current capital, Continue Reading
Will Sacramento Lead California’s Housing Revolution?
VASANTH KUMAR – MARCH 10, 2021 EDITOR: MARLEY OTTMAN Over the past year, two separate bills proposing housing rezoning reform entered Sacramento, the state capital of California; one failed, and Continue Reading
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
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
The Macroeconomics of Happiness: A Case Study of Bhutan
CHAZEL HAKIM – MARCH 2ND, 2021 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL Situated deep in the eastern Himalayan mountains, Bhutan is often overshadowed by its more prominent neighbors: China and India. But, despite Continue Reading
Break A Leg (You’re Not Breaking Even)!: Broadway During the Pandemic
RIA BHANDARKAR – MARCH, 1ST, 2021 EDITOR: KALEY KRANICH Like any industry which relies on consumers being willingly stuck in an enclosed space for an extended period of time, musical Continue Reading