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Behavioral CEOs: Managerial Overconfidence and Personal Characteristics

GRACE JANG – MARCH 9TH, 2020 EDITOR: PINJA VUORINEN Introduction Corporate Executive Officers (CEOs) are often seen as impersonal economic agents who play a crucial role in shaping the economy. Continue Reading

Posted On : March 9, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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The Spanish Mystery

DAVIS KEDROSKY – FEBRUARY 27TH, 2020                          EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG In the latter half of the sixteenth century, Spain Continue Reading

Posted On : February 27, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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Analysis of Taiwanese Economic History and Policies

HOWARD YAN – FEBRUARY 17TH, 2020                                                 Continue Reading

Posted On : February 17, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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The European Project: Crisis in the Aegean

HOWARD YAN – NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019                                                 Continue Reading

Posted On : November 4, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Till Death Do We Pay

OLIVIA GINGOLD – OCTOBER 24TH, 2019                                                 Continue Reading

Posted On : October 24, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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The Economics of Reparations

RAINA ZHAO – OCTOBER 11TH, 2019                                                 Continue Reading

Posted On : October 11, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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The Ideal Method of Organizing an Economy: Where Keynes Got it Right

VATSAL BAJAJ – NOVEMBER 30, 2018 John Maynard Keynes famously proposed a solution to lift the world economy out of the Great Depression in his 1936 book, The General Theory Continue Reading

Posted On : November 30, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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The Cognitive Dissonance of Social Liberalism, Fiscal Conservatism

VASSILISA RUBTSOVA- NOVEMBER 7TH, 2018 There are far too many people that wear their self-appointed “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” label like a badge of honor. They often tell whoever is Continue Reading

Posted On : November 7, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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Economics: The Language of Political Discourse

VATSAL BAJAJ – NOVEMBER 1ST, 2018 Since the times of the barter economy, economics has been the language of political discourse. Governments widely employ economic policy to indirectly communicate with Continue Reading

Posted On : November 1, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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Does the Free Market Protect Against Discrimination?

MATTHEW FORBES – APRIL 20, 2018 Milton Friedman, in his work Capitalism and Freedom, argues that one of the largest benefits of a free market system is that it protects Continue Reading

Posted On : April 20, 2018 Published By : BER staff

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