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 Long Decline of Global Interest Rates
DAVIS KEDROSKY – MARCH 30TH, 2020 EDITOR: AMANDA YAO Interest rates are weird. How weird? Well, yields on Continue Reading
How Can Sales of More than 50% Be Profitable, Even Just For A Day?
YASH RAJWANSHI – MARCH 19TH, 2020 EDITOR: ANDREW BABSON Black Friday has created some of the most outlandish viral videos of the last few years. Thousands of shoppers flood retail 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
Interview with Professor Andres Rodriguez-Clare
GRACE JANG – MARCH 17TH, 2020 INTERVIEW DATE – MARCH 12TH, 2020 Andres Rodriguez-Clare is a Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, Director of the Trade Research Programme at the Continue Reading
Power to the Diabetics: Non-Profit Production at the Open Insulin Project
KONNOR VON EMSTER – MARCH 16TH, 2020 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL Anthony Di Franco is a Type One diabetic. He stands among the 100 million diabetics worldwide that rely on daily, Continue Reading
Spring 2020 Essay Contest
Once hailed for their ability in realizing economies of scale, big tech companies are now under scrutiny for hindering competition, maintaining artificially high prices, and sidestepping government regulations. While the Continue Reading
Is the Next Global Depression Imminent?
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Stocks & Sustainability: How They Relate
VANESSA THOMPSON – MARCH 11TH, 2020 EDITOR: ABHISHEK ROY In 2019, the notable clothing company, Lacoste, launched a viral social-good campaign to increase awareness for endangered species by removing their Continue Reading
Economics of Abundance
OLIVIA GINGOLD – MARCH 10TH, 2020 EDITORS: CHAZEL HAKIM, ANDREW BABSON We’ve all been there before: you are digging around in your fridge for that jar of jelly to put on Continue Reading