India’s GIFT to the World
ABHISHEK ROY – MARCH 18TH, 2019 Gujarat, a state in the Western part of India, has a high literacy rate, wealthy diamond merchants, booming industry, and incredible power generation. This Continue Reading
The Merits and Drawbacks of Philanthrocapitalism
VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – MARCH 14TH, 2019 Bill Gates, the poster-child for the moral billionaire, has confidently stated that, “Businessmen and businesses are best placed to save the world” at the 2008 Continue Reading
Presidential Economics: A Series on Presidential Candidates’ Economic Proposals
OLIVIA GINGOLD – MARCH 13, 2019 In November of 2020, a new President of the United States will be elected. With Election Day just over a year and a half Continue Reading
Bezos’s Billions and the Disproportionate Growth Of America’s Top Earners
KATHERINE BLESIE – MARCH 12TH, 2019 A recent tweet about Jeff Bezos and the astounding magnitude of his fortune is making the rounds on social media. Originally posted by Matthew Continue Reading
Pending Economic Downturn? A Brief Look at Consumer Sentiment
MAE ZHENG – MARCH 7TH, 2019 In 2018, the U.S. saw a 3.4% GDP growth in the third quarter and a 3.9% unemployment rate in December, maintaining its status as Continue Reading
The Power of Protests
PARMITA DAS – MARCH 6TH, 2019 Political protests are an exercise in democratic rights with which individuals or groups attempt to address perceived injustices within a political system. Since 2016, Continue Reading
A New Approach to the Minimum Wage in California
VINAY MARURI – MARCH 5TH, 2019 State level minimum wages have been a hot economic topic recently, as voters in Arkansas and Missouri approved measures this month to raise the Continue Reading
Essay Contest for Spring 2019!
Berkeley Economic Review is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2019 Essay Contest! Every semester, we pick a contemporary economics-related issue that Berkeley students of any major can write about. Continue Reading
Intel and AMD Market Competition
ODYSSEUS PYRINIS – FEBRUARY 27TH, 2019 On March 2, 2017, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) relaunched its efforts to retake market share from CPU giant, Intel Corporation. Zen, the new CPU Continue Reading
Interview with Professor Cihan Tugal
VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Cihan Tugal is an author and professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. BER staff writer Vassilisa Rubtsova sat down with Professor Tugal on September Continue Reading