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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

Posted On : November 1, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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Labor Strikes Back

SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI – OCTOBER 26, 2022 EDITOR: ABBY MORRIS Prior to COVID’s unprecedented shock to the labor market, Unions, sectoral bargaining, strikes, and worker solidarity around the world had been Continue Reading

Posted On : October 26, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : April 26, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : April 25, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : April 1, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : March 16, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : March 1, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : November 2, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : October 12, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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All Gas, No Brakes

ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH – OCTOBER 12TH, 2021                                                  Continue Reading

Posted On : October 12, 2021 Published By : BER staff

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