Interview with Professor Don A. Moore
PETER ZHANG – APRIL 7TH, 2021 Professor Don A. Moore is the Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership and Communication at Berkeley Haas and serves as Associate Dean for Academic Continue Reading
Do Better, But Empirically: How Effective Altruism Attempts to Optimize Our Generosity
CHAZEL HAKIM – APRIL 7TH, 2021 EDITOR: NORA GONG Picture this: One day you acquire a fortune of money from an inheritance. However, you decide to donate the money instead Continue Reading
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
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
America is Leaking: How to Repair the Federal Water Policy?
NICOLAS DUSSAUX – APRIL 1ST, 2021 EDITOR: SEBASTIAN MARSHALL “There is nothing more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce any thing; scarce any thing can be had in Continue Reading
A World Without Coffee: The Story Behind a Possible Impending Coffee Crisis
EKATERINA YUDINA – MARCH 31ST, 2021 EDITOR: COURTNEY FUNG Coffee’s prevalence in our world cannot be overstated. In the United States alone, nearly 400 million cups of coffee are consumed Continue Reading
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
Spring 2021 High School Essay Contest
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed how people work. Since early 2020, millions have been working remotely from home. This large-scale work-from-home experiment has arguably demonstrated how viable remote working can be. Continue Reading
Spring 2021 Undergraduate Essay Contest
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed how people work. Since early 2020, millions have been working remotely from home. This large-scale work-from-home experiment has arguably demonstrated how viable remote working can be. Continue Reading
In the Shadow of the Slump: The Depression of 1920-1921
DAVIS KEDROSKY – MARCH 18TH, 2021 EDITOR: RAINA ZHAO Overshadowed by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Depression of 1920-1921 appears, if at all, as a footnote to the Continue Reading