The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Bookstores
PALLAVI MURTHY – APRIL 26, 2022 EDITOR: LARRY LIN In 2011, Borders Bookstores laid off 11,000 of its employees and shut down all its 400 stores. This was seen as Continue Reading
Salience Bias: The 24-Hour News Cycle Is a Market Failure
SARA BETTS – APRIL 25TH, 2022 EDITOR: ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH If you are a regular news consumer like I am, it can feel impossible not to be overwhelmed by the perceived Continue Reading
Hijacking Healthcare
Kunal Kumar – April 1, 2022 Editor: Katherine McKernan Introduction Legislation, activism, and policy reform. None of these forces have been strong enough to slow down the inevitable manipulation and Continue Reading
The Vanishing Dream of New Cars
PALLAVI MURTHY – 16 MARCH 2022 EDITOR: ANIKA SRIVASTAVA The common advice on buying cars is “new cars are a bad investment.” Simply driving a car out of the dealership to Continue Reading
Of Costumes and Capital: Congo’s La Sape
KATERI MOUAWAD—03/01/2022 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM Exotic vests, colorful slacks, and shoes with even more flamboyant patterns and colors. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Société des Ambianceurs et Continue Reading
Lean Out: How Corporate Feminism Created a Labor Crisis
RIA BHANDARKAR – NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 EDITOR: CHAZEL HAKIM In 2006, community college dropout Sophia Amoruso started Nasty Gal, an eBay page where she upsold vintage clothing from local thrift Continue Reading
Streamer Wars: Return of the Oligopoly
RIA BHANDARKAR – OCTOBER 12TH, 2021 EDITOR: ATMAN MOHANTY It wouldn’t be hyperbolic to say that the entertainment industry is experiencing one of the biggest disruptions of any sector in Continue Reading
All Gas, No Brakes
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A World Without Coffee: The Story Behind a Possible Impending Coffee Crisis
EKATERINA YUDINA – MARCH 31ST, 2021 EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG Coffee’s prevalence in our world cannot be overstated. In the United States alone, nearly 400 million cups of coffee are consumed Continue Reading
The Science of Fair Pricing: How Auctions Get Resources Allocation Right
NICOLAS DUSSAUX – MARCH 30TH, 2021 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Soon after the awarding of the Nobel Prize of Economics this year, a number of criticisms were levied against the Nobel Continue Reading