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Elections, Earthquakes, and Erdoğanomics: The Political Economy of Erdoğan’s War on Inflation

ESMA OZGUN – MARCH 14TH, 2023 EDITOR: GRIFFIN SHUFELDT As Turkey suffers from the destruction of the deadliest earthquake in decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will have to contend with Continue Reading

Posted On : March 14, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Egypt is Being Dramatic (Again)

ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH – 2 FEBRUARY 2023 EDITOR: PALLAVI MURTHY By the spring of 2022, the desert outside Cairo had a life of its own. Cranes hung over clusters of half-built Continue Reading

Posted On : February 2, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Why Leaving Nuclear Energy Behind is the Wrong Choice

JACOB HEISLER – JANUARY 26TH, 2023 EDITOR: THOMAS GUZMAN The United States faces an energy crisis. America’s reliance on fossil fuels causes irreparable environmental degradation that will only increase in Continue Reading

Posted On : January 26, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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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

Posted On : November 21, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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The Future of Cooperatives: Policy and Sectors in Need

JACOB HEISLER – NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022 EDITOR: DENYSE CHAN Introduction In today’s market society, the dominant business structure consists of capitalist firms. The classic structure of capitalist companies prioritizes achieving Continue Reading

Posted On : November 14, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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Twenty Years Later: An Evaluation of the Acid Rain Program of 1990

JONATHAN LI – NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022 Abstract This paper attempts to find the causal effect of phase II of the Acid Rain Program’s on SO2 emissions from US power plants Continue Reading

Posted On : November 9, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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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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Proliferation of Big Money in Politics: How Did We Get Here?

SID GUPTA- OCTOBER 21ST, 2022 EDITOR: THOMAS GUZMAN January 21, 2020 marked a decade since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a controversial decision that Continue Reading

Posted On : October 31, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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A Tale of Two Countries: A History of the Greek Debt Crisis

AAYUSH SINGH – OCTOBER 10TH, 2022 EDITOR: KAREENA HARGUNANI There’s a European proverb commonly heard in the continent’s politics: “fix the roof when the sun is shining.” The words are Continue Reading

Posted On : October 10, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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A Choice to Destroy Lives: The Expiration of the Expanded Child Tax Credit

AAYUSH SINGH – OCTOBER 9TH, 2022 In January of 2022, 3.7 million children fell into poverty. It was a policy choice. A few weeks earlier, Congress had failed to renew Continue Reading

Posted On : October 9, 2022 Published By : BER staff

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