BookTok: The Dark Horse of the Economy
ISABEL CHEN – MAY 7, 2024 EDITOR: DAVINA YASHAR TikTok has blown up over the years, especially before and during the pandemic. Within this vast and popularized network, there exists Continue Reading
The Illusion of Certainty: Navigating the Unpredictable Waters of Economics
NELSON LAW – MAY 5, 2024 EDITOR: EMILY PHUONG VU Economists are the logicians of humanity: experts who rationalize a world of complexity and chaos. The discipline revolves around ‘scarcity’: Continue Reading
Economic Bubble (Tea); A Look into Boba Economics
AIDAN MORGAN CHAN – APRIL 27TH, 2024 EDITOR: ANDREW HO If you haven’t heard, bubble tea—more colloquially referred to as “boba”—is the choice of beverage for many around the world. This Continue Reading
From Blue Links to Text: It’s Not the Gemini Controversy
ALKIS TOUTZIARIDIS – APRIL 27, 2024 EDITOR: KIET HOA It can be argued that Google was the greatest company ever created. The internet landscape has been dominated by Google for Continue Reading
Gender Demographic Disparities Between Teachers and Professors
MIRIAM KLACZYNSKA– APRIL 27, 2024 EDITOR: SHASHI BALASUBRAMANIAN When I ask my friends about their best elementary, middle, and high school teachers, I am met with a consistent chorus of Continue Reading
Commerce at What Cost? Investigating Temu’s Problematic Business Model and Controversies in the West
SHARLA SABARUDDIN – APRIL 26, 2024 EDITOR: SHASHI BALASUBRAMANIAN At barely 4 months old, an e-commerce company with one of the most downloaded apps of 2023 dropped $7 million to Continue Reading
Interview with Professor Ben Faber
GRIFFIN SHUFELDT – APRIL 26, 2024 Ben Faber is a professor of Economics at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on development economics and has focused on countries in Africa, Asia, Continue Reading
Unraveling Unions: How Currency Unions Impact Trade
SANIYA PENDHARKAR – APRIL 26TH, 2024 EDITOR: ESMA OZGUN Since the aftermath of World War II, over one hundred countries have participated in a currency union, defined as the adoption Continue Reading
Low-Cost Carriers Take Flight in the Airline Industry
FELIX ZHANG – APRIL 24TH, 2024 EDITOR: LARA RAMIREZ A ninety-dollar ticket from San Francisco to Cabo sounds like the perfect affordable getaway, but now there is a never-ending line Continue Reading
The Illusion of Certainty: Navigating the Unpredictable Waters of Economics
NELSON LAW – APRIL 18, 2024 EDITOR: EMILY PHUONG VU Economists are the logicians of humanity: experts who rationalize a world of complexity and chaos. The discipline revolves around ‘scarcity’: Continue Reading