Venezuela in Crisis
KATHERINE BLESIE – APRIL 16TH, 2019 A Café Con Leche? That will be 2,000,000 Bolivars, please. According to Bloomberg’s Café Con Leche Index, the price of a cup of coffee Continue Reading
Pending Economic Downturn? A Brief Look at Consumer Sentiment
MAE ZHENG – MARCH 7TH, 2019 In 2018, the U.S. saw a 3.4% GDP growth in the third quarter and a 3.9% unemployment rate in December, maintaining its status as Continue Reading
Beyond GDP: Economics and Happiness
SETH BERTOLUCCI – OCTOBER 31, 2018 The end goal of any social science is, really, to make everyone happy. Whether through psychological counseling or financial planning, social scientists operate under Continue Reading
Are We Headed for Another Financial Crisis?
KAT BLESIE – OCTOBER 17, 2018 In 2008, a series of insufficiently collateralized US mortgages were bundled together as investment assets, or “securitized”, and sold to institutional investors from many Continue Reading
Why American Economic Policymakers Should Be Cautious
VINAY MARURI – APRIL 9TH, 2018 By all metrics, America is booming: the nationwide unemployment rate is 4.1%, inflation is low, and wages are starting to rise on average for Continue Reading
A Case Study in Stochastic Exponential Growth: Wealth Inequality in the United States
ANASTASIA PYRINIS – MARCH 14TH, 2018 One of the greatest issues plaguing the United States is the wealth gap, which has been steadily increasing for the past several years. According Continue Reading