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$6.6 Million for a 10-second Video Clip: The New Reality of Virtual Assets

JAIDE LIN – MAY 4TH, 2021 EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG Introduction  Ever since the first Bitcoin transaction occurred in 2010 when a Florida man bought two Papa John’s pizzas with 10,000 Continue Reading

Posted On : May 4, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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The Future of Employment in the Age of Robots and AI

SAVR KUMAR – APRIL 2ND, 2020                                                EDITOR: CHAZEL Continue Reading

Posted On : April 2, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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Paying Attention: The Attention Economy

ALLY MINTZER – MARCH 31ST, 2020 EDITOR: PEDRO DE MARCOS Economics is the study of how scarce resources are allocated; whether that is housing, food, or money. However, in an Continue Reading

Posted On : March 31, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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The Unrealizable Libertarian Dream

NICOLAS DUSSAUX – MARCH 18TH, 2020 EDITOR: PINJA VUORINEN In 2019 Facebook announced the creation of a new cryptocurrency, called Libra. Even though Libra is usually referred to as “Facebook’s Continue Reading

Posted On : March 18, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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The Online Marketplace for Child Sexual Abuse Materials

NANDITHA NAIR – DECEMBER 4TH, 2019                                                 Continue Reading

Posted On : December 4, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Future Hopes and Current Concerns in the Next Generation of US Agriculture

MATT ARENA-OCTOBER 17TH, 2019                                                      Continue Reading

Posted On : October 17, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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“Once Untrustworthy, Always Restricted”: China’s Social Credit System

JOSEPH NG – NOVEMBER 22, 2018 There is another side to one of the greatest economic turnarounds of the last few decades. China’s rapid economic growth has meant that a Continue Reading

Posted On : November 22, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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Joblessness: The Effects of Technology on U.S. Jobs

KAT BLESIE – NOVEMBER 22, 2018 The United States has often seen powerful people preaching the importance of working hard and staying busy. Our “bully pulpit” president Theodore Roosevelt once Continue Reading

Posted On : November 22, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of a New Social Class

VATSAL BAJAJ – APRIL 11, 2018 John Maynard Keynes first coined the term “technological unemployment” in 1930 in his essay “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren.” He defined it as the “unemployment Continue Reading

Posted On : April 11, 2018 Published By : BER staff
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Bitcoin: Fad or Future?

ANASTASIA PYRINIS – MARCH 16TH, 2018 Bitcoin has been taking the world by storm. In December, the “open-source, peer-to-peer digital currency” hit an all-time high, reaching a value of $19,843 per Continue Reading

Posted On : March 16, 2018 Published By : BER staff

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