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The Chilean Path to Where? President Boric and the Return of the Left

SAM QUATTROCIOCCHI – APRIL 11TH, 2022 EDITOR: ZACHARY HAGEN-SMITH “Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, but it will also be its grave,” declared Gabriel Boric as he launched his campaign Continue Reading

Posted On : April 11, 2022 Published By : BER staff
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Questioning the Efficacy of the Carbon Market

KAREENA HARGUNANI – NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL After years of companies treating carbon emissions as a negative externality of market interactions, former governor of the Bank of England Continue Reading

Posted On : November 3, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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The Case for a Cigarette Tax

NATRAJ VAIRAVAN – OCTOBER 28th, 2020 EDITOR: KAT XIE   Background According to the CDC, in 2019, approximately 34.1 million adults living in the United States smoked cigarettes regularly, making Continue Reading

Posted On : October 30, 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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The Baby Buster Generation and the Economics of Fertility

RIA BHANDARKAR – MAY 3RD, 2021 EDITOR: SEAN O’CONNELL Fertility rates drive social, economic, and cultural trends, and current events determine fertility. That simple trend can seem terrifying since all Continue Reading

Posted On : May 3, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Is Jerome Powell Responsible for the Fed’s New Framework?

VASANTH KUMAR – APRIL 30TH, 2021 EDITOR: SEBASTIAN MARSHALL The COVID-19 recession and subsequent policy response have made Jerome Powell an important authority figure. Financiers, economists, and business leaders alike Continue Reading

Posted On : April 30, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Promoting Democracy Abroad: The Rise of US Economic Sanctions

SZE YU WANG – APRIL 5TH, 2021 EDITOR: MILLIE KHOSLA Within a month of entering office, President Biden raised concerns on human rights abuses in China, imposed economic sanctions on Continue Reading

Posted On : April 5, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Partisanship and COVID-19 Response

PETER ZHANG – APRIL 2ND, 2021 EDITOR: ABHISHEK ROY Introduction Even amidst a global pandemic that demands cooperation, American political polarization complicates our public health response. Partisanship has tangible impacts Continue Reading

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

Posted On : March 30, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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“Water Finds the Leak”: How Federal and State Governments Lost Billions to Pandemic Aid Fraud

JAIDE LIN – MARCH 15TH, 2021 EDITOR: AMANDA ZHANG Introduction When the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package was greenlit through bipartisan compromise in late March, the $260 billion in emergency unemployment Continue Reading

Posted On : March 15, 2021 Published By : BER staff

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