SZE WANG – 27TH OCTOBER 2020 EDITOR: LUCIA DARDIS We live in a time where politicians and entire governments group themselves based on their stance on Chinese trade. Emerging markets Continue Reading
Berkeley Economic Review is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2020 Essay Contest! Every semester, we pick a contemporary economics-related issue that Berkeley students of any major can write about. Continue Reading
THOMAS SO – OCTOBER 22ND, 2020 EDITOR: KALEY KRANICH China has been ambitiously planning to make its currency, the yuan, one of the global reserve currencies. Nevertheless, being an international Continue Reading
VASANTH KUMAR – OCTOBER 21ST, 2020 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL On September 20, BuzzFeed News published the FinCEN Files: an analysis of over 2,100 leaked Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) submitted to Continue Reading
RIA BHANDARKAR – OCTOBER 20TH, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM The coronavirus pandemic has forced people from all stages of life to transition to a more digital world. Although some groups Continue Reading
PETER ZHANG – OCTOBER 19TH, 2020 EDITOR: PEDRO DE MARCOS Soaring costs are a recurring headline in American healthcare, and the centerpiece is the rising price of drugs. A GoodRx report Continue Reading
EKATERINA YUDINA – OCTOBER 15TH, 2020 EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG Perspectives on marijuana use have shifted since the days of overt anti-cannabis rhetoric in the media. A prime example is the Continue Reading
Writer: Davis Kedrosky – OCTOBER 13TH, 2020 Editor: Pallavi Murthy Contemporaries of the Black Death, the series of devastating plagues that peaked in Europe from 1347 to 1349, were understandably Continue Reading
JENNIFER JACKSON – OCTOBER 12TH, 2020 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Over half of U.S college students are female, yet massive gender imbalances exist within several STEM related fields, including economics. A Continue Reading
JENNIFER JACKSON – OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 EDITOR: ANDREW BABSON On August 3 at the White House, President Trump said TikTok would be “shut down” by U.S. authorities, citing national security Continue Reading
