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Redefining Business “Culture”: How Cultural Expectations Affect Global Economies

Writer: Aidan Morgan Chan, Editor: Emily Vu In the 1960s, Clark Kerr, an Economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, popularized his theory of Convergence. Kerr proposed that as Continue Reading

Posted On : October 30, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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All Aboard From Mumbai to Mangalore: A Ride Down the Coast to Evaluate the Socioeconomic Impact of the Konkan Railroad

Writer: Saniya Pendharkar, Editor: Davina Yashar All Aboard The Railway Train! Today, we will be one of the twenty-five million passengers who ride Indian trains every day. In the most populous Continue Reading

Posted On : October 28, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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LinkedIn or Locked Out: Why Capable Women Opt for Jobs Beneath Their Skillset

Writer: Isabel Chen, Editor: Sophie Niu Over the past several decades, women’s growing involvement in the labor force has played a crucial role in the success of the US economy. Continue Reading

Posted On : October 21, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Barbie, Your Digital Assistant

Writer: Miriam Klaczynsk, Editor: Lara Ramirez The uniquely jarring trend of AI feminization has come with the rise of digital assistants forged with Artificial Intelligence — such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Continue Reading

Posted On : October 18, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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The Drunkard’s Walk and the Stock Market: Lessons for Investors in a Turbulent World

WRITER: NELSON LAW, EDITOR: KIET HOA  The stock market has long been a source of fascination and frustration for investors seeking to grow their wealth. On one hand, the market Continue Reading

Posted On : October 10, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Clocking out Later: The Reality of Delayed Retirement in America.

WRITER: KESHAV KUMAR, EDITOR: ESMA OZGUN Go to school, find a job, work, retire. For many Americans, this is the expected trajectory of professional life. However, the last and presumably Continue Reading

Posted On : October 7, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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A Professor, Student, and Pizza Worker Walk Into a Bar: Comparing Perspectives on Co-ops

AUTHOR: TUCKER GAUSS, EDITOR: BECCA PENG This article is part of a two-part series on the role of co-ops in reducing inequality. Read Part 1 on The Cheese Board’s co-op Continue Reading

Posted On : September 30, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Spring 2024 Bretton Woods International Economics Competition – Winner

 VANI BANSAL, ANANYA PADMAVATI NIGAM, SIMRAN RAKESH SAMPAT, AND ANUPAMA NAGABHUSHAN RAO – 2024 With their promise of unprecedented levels of efficiency and exponential growth, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine Continue Reading

Posted On : August 7, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Spring 2024 High School Essay Contest – Runner Up Essay: AI Will Bend but Not Break the Labor Market

SOFIE PEDERSEN – 2024 Like a science fiction movie plot, artificial intelligence (AI) is living up to its name: artificial yet capable of human intelligence, now ready to usurp human Continue Reading

Posted On : August 3, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Spring 2024 High School Essay Contest – Winning Essay

AARYAN RAGHUNATHAN – 2024 Amid rampant fear that AI will exacerbate income inequality and polarization in the job market that has been proliferated by all technological change since 19801, a WEF report Continue Reading

Posted On : August 3, 2024 Published By : BER staff

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