RIA BHANDARKAR – NOVEMBER 9TH, 2020 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM Since the emergence of Amazon, eBay, and other online alternatives to in-person shopping, traditional retail has experienced a slow decline. Shopping Continue Reading
EKATERINA YUDINA – NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL With the 2020 election cycle having approached it’s conclusion, we can look back at how various campaigns across the country frantically Continue Reading
In recent years, economic inequalities in America have increasingly come into public focus. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted matters such as the economic struggles of essential workers and Continue Reading
ALLY MINTZER – NOVEMBER 2ND, 2020 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO The most famous microloan innovator and founder of the Bangladesh Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 Continue Reading
KONNOR VON EMSTER – OCTOBER 30TH 2020 EDITORS: KAT XIE, KAREENA HARGUNANI The 2016 election was a shock to many. In liberal parts of the country such as my own Continue Reading
AISHANI BANERJEE – OCTOBER 29TH, 2020 EDITOR: RAKSHA SEN On February 12, 2020, PayPal announced an unlikely partnership. Criminologists at the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago and the Continue Reading
ALLY MINTZER – OCTOBER 28TH, 2020 EDITOR: KAT XIE Update: This article was written before the DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Oct 20th, 2020. In late September Continue Reading
GRACE JANG – OCTOBER 27TH, 2020 EDITOR: ABHISHEK ROY Background Since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the pandemic has reached and spread across other countries at different speeds. Continue Reading
SZE WANG – 27TH OCTOBER 2020 EDITOR: LUCIA DARDIS We live in a time where politicians and entire governments group themselves based on their stance on Chinese trade. Emerging markets Continue Reading
Berkeley Economic Review is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2020 Essay Contest! Every semester, we pick a contemporary economics-related issue that Berkeley students of any major can write about. Continue Reading
