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Dollars for Democracy

OLIVIA GINGOLD – APRIL 1ST, 2019 The definition of a democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through Continue Reading

Posted On : April 1, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Indonesia

VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – MARCH 27TH, 2019 Just a little over two months ago, Indonesia was hit by yet another tsunami. Chilling footage flooded the internet of white water ramming through Continue Reading

Posted On : March 27, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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The Way We Live Now: Are American Wives Distorting Their Labor Market Outcomes To Make Their Husbands Feel Better?

KAT BLESIE – MARCH 26, 2019 In 1960, the year my mother was born, almost half of all women in the United States were stay at home mothers. My grandmother, like thousands Continue Reading

Posted On : March 26, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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The Merits and Drawbacks of Philanthrocapitalism

VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – MARCH 14TH, 2019 Bill Gates, the poster-child for the moral billionaire, has confidently stated that, “Businessmen and businesses are best placed to save the world” at the 2008 Continue Reading

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The Power of Protests

PARMITA DAS – MARCH 6TH, 2019 Political protests are an exercise in democratic rights with which individuals or groups attempt to address perceived injustices within a political system. Since 2016, Continue Reading

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Hypocrite

VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – DECEMBER 13, 2018 In 1964, Look magazine published Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With as its centerfold. This powerful work portrays six-year old Ruby Continue Reading

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$MeToo

PARMITA DAS – NOVEMBER 22, 2018 Sexual Harassment Through the Lens of Economics Sexual harassment unfolds within the architecture of systemic abuse in which aspirations and dignity are regularly violated. Continue Reading

Posted On : November 22, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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The Cost of Kids

JACOB FAJNOR – APRIL 18TH, 2018 Economic theory offers great insights into why fertility in recent history behaves contrary to common sense predictions. Yet, pinning down an exact model that Continue Reading

Posted On : April 18, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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The Economics of Halloween

JOSEPH VALENTINE HERNANDEZ – OCTOBER 27, 2017 As October matures and autumn blooms into its colorful precipice, All Hallows’ Eve draws closer. Halloween represents the cultural event of the year’s Continue Reading

Posted On : October 27, 2017 Published By : BER staff

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