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Kayla Hartman
Jan 3
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,...
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Lola Akintoye
Oct 30, 2024
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...
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Kayla Hartman
Oct 1, 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?...
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Tyler Hardzog
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...
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Nadia Lee
May 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...
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Kayla Hartman
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...
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Riley Revilla
Apr 2, 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...
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Logan Delavan-Hoover
Feb 27, 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...
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Riley Revilla
Dec 28, 2023
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...
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Zahra Schenck
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...
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Kayla Hartman
Oct 24, 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...
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Lucas Rivero
Apr 25, 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....
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Logan Delavan-Hoover
Apr 24, 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....
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Logan Delavan-Hoover
Mar 22, 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’”...
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Lucas Rivero
Feb 27, 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...
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Zeeyada Gebru
Dec 20, 2022
Humanitarian Aid and Socio-Economic Crisis in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, once known as the fastest-growing economy in the world, has now ceased to live up to that name. As war rages Ethiopia’s...
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Logan Delavan-Hoover
Dec 20, 2022
On the Wrong Track: An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Congratulations are due to President Biden. He’s achieved perhaps the most efficient legislative push of his administration, signed a...
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Diego Pulido
Nov 20, 2022
EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: A Never-ending Story?
The Flags of the EU and Mercosur Just imagine that you want to collaborate with another group. So you decide to approach the other group,...
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Logan Delavan-Hoover
Nov 20, 2022
Prison Labor: A Pervasive Institution
Prisoners producing military uniforms I write this in my on-campus dorm room, where my furniture is provided by UMD. I sleep in a...
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Natalia Reyes
Sep 25, 2022
A Look Into the Predicted Economic Implications of Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
President Biden recently announced his controversial plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients,...
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