The Lost Luxuries of Lacemaking
SELINA YANG- APRIL 24 2023 EDITOR: ABBY MORRIS While strolling through an art museum, the faces of history loom down as a cold reminder of the past. Visual appeal can Continue Reading
Micro Investment and the Behavioral Economics of Savings: The Power of Small Steps
ANSHIKA CHADHA – MARCH 21ST 2023 EDITOR: DANIEL LOPEZ-OROZCO Saving money is challenging for many people. Despite their best intentions, people often struggle to build savings due to psychological and Continue Reading
A Deep Dive into the Recent Tech Layoffs
IPSHITA BAG – MARCH 17TH, 2023 EDITOR: MUIZ ZAFRI Major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, have been laying off thousands and thousands of employees. Even those with smaller Continue Reading
Amtrak: Future of American Transit or Failed Experiment?
FELIX ZHANG – MARCH 13th, 2023 EDITOR: ARYAN SHAFAT Since its inception, Amtrak has long been the source of great debate and controversy. Proponents point towards Amtrak’s ability to connect Continue Reading
Why is everyone quitting their jobs?
DHOHA BARECHE – JANUARY 24TH, 2023 EDITOR: FELIX ZHANG Quiet Quitting In 2021, a record high number of American workers quit their jobs in what economists have called the Great Continue Reading
Pay Transparency
HANNAH SHIOHARA – NOVEMBER 21ST, 2022 EDITOR: KATHERINE MCKERNAN Pay transparency, which refers to the degree of openness between a company and its employees about how much people are compensated, and Continue Reading
A Bird’s Freedom: Musk’s Takeover of Twitter and its Economic/Social Impact
SID GUPTA – NOVEMBER 18TH, 2022 EDITOR: FELIX ZHANG A decade ago, Twitter’s future was looking bright. The company was benefiting from a flood of funding into the social-networking space, eventually Continue Reading
Co-ops vs Firms: Different Sides of the Same Market Coin
EVAN DAVIS- NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022 EDITOR: ABBY MORRIS PROJECT LEAD: SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI Imagine you walk into work one day. At your old job, you’d be greeted by your boss, who Continue Reading
What Patagonia’s Donation Shows Us About American Philanthropy
GRIFFIN SHUFELDT – NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY Introduction In September of this year, almost the entirety of a multibillion-dollar company was given away. In an unprecedented move, Yvon Continue Reading
RetroSPACtive: just what were SPACs, anyway?
AIDEN CURRAN – NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022 EDITOR: LORENE LI If you were unfortunate enough to be a regular consumer of business-related news throughout 2021, you may have noticed a common Continue Reading