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To Drill or Not to Drill?: The Economic Effects of Energy Policy during the Start of the Second Trump Administration
(Oil Wells, Richard Florsheim, Art Institute Chicago ) The Trump administration has pursued a slew of economic policies in its first 100...
Pyotr Sergeevykh
May 12


The High Price of Endless War
Protesters organize against US militarism and military spending Despite constant debates in Congress about balancing the federal budget,...
Lola Akintoye
May 12


Subscribed for Life: The Student Discount That Costs You Thousands
Stressed College Student (Daily Orange) In recent years, the consumer economy has undergone a major transformation: it has shifted from...
Pranav Sasikumar
May 12


Small Businesses vs. Trade War: Canadians Coming Together as a Community
Canadians coming together to protest (Justin Tang) Within the past few months, Canadian patriotism has risen tremendously as citizens...
Laura Neer
May 12


False Challengers: U.S. Dollar Dominance and Tariff Talk
Shipment port in Ohio (Jack Delano) “ 100% tariffs ” was the impossible, laughable threat prescribed to BRICS, a group of countries who...
Kayla Hartman
Mar 10


RealPage, Fake Prices
Collage of apartments by the Newark Housing Authority and Federal Housing Administration Imagine, that as a shop owner at a flea market,...
Kayla Hartman
Jan 3


Ruto Must Go: Reform or Revolution
Gen Z in Kenya takes to the streets(Amnesty Kenya/X) Similar to most former colonized nations, Kenya has struggled with economic...
Lola Akintoye
Oct 30, 2024


The Underwhelming Nature of Cap-and-trade
Polluting factory How much should a metric ton of carbon dioxide cost? How much do companies with huge carbon emissions actually care?...
Kayla Hartman
Oct 1, 2024


Tax-Free Tips: A Policy Missing the Mark
The Wall Street Journal In the months ahead of the election, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris have proposed...
Tyler Hardzog
Oct 1, 2024


The Formalization Formula and What It Got Wrong
A market in Bangkok, Thailand In the United States, the informal market includes activities as trivial as babysitting your kid neighbor...
Nadia Lee
May 1, 2024


How AI Flips the Promise of Meritocracy into a Threat
A silver trophy AI is today’s something in the water for the job market. YouTube video titles such as “AI Is Cutting Jobs With An...
Kayla Hartman
May 1, 2024


Indonesia: Pawn or Player?
https://www.goodfreephotos.com/Free-Stock-Photos/final10.jpg.php Indonesia’s history has been a long and twisted one. The country’s...
Riley Revilla
Apr 2, 2024


The War to Make Investing Worse for Everyone
A wind farm in Texas What’s “Satan’s plan” this time? Gay marriage? School librarians? Dungeons and Dragons? Proctor and Gamble? The...
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Feb 27, 2024


When the Workplace has no Women, Afghanistan's Misogyny Will Backfire
A Girl in Afghanistan Women's rights, including their right to work, have been impacted by the international conflicts of today. The...
Riley Revilla
Dec 28, 2023


Reimagining the Olympics: A Call to Reconsider Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts
The Olympics Aquatic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 months after the conclusion of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition for...
Zahra Schenck
Dec 28, 2023


Pretty Tired: Work-Leisure Preferences and Racialized Beauty
This 17th century English portrait may accidentally depict the Black and white beauty patch adorned subjects as equals. The concept of...
Kayla Hartman
Oct 24, 2023


Gross Data Garbage
Melbourne at night from the International Space Station The recording of national data has only been an expectation for a few decades....
Lucas Rivero
Apr 25, 2023


Up to the Brink: L’appel du Vide
U.S. Congress House Chamber Every negotiation is a lesson in game theory, and the current battle over the debt ceiling is no exception....
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Apr 24, 2023


Student Loans and SVB and Moral Hazard, Oh My!
“This is not the time for moral hazard lectures or for lesson administering or for alarm about the political consequences of ‘bailouts’”...
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Mar 22, 2023


When Profit Becomes Zero
The problem of economics has always been scarcity. There has never been enough stuff, and in response we have created systems to better...
Lucas Rivero
Feb 27, 2023
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