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False Challengers: U.S. Dollar Dominance and Tariff Talk
Shipment port in Ohio (Jack Delano) “ 100% tariffs ” was the impossible, laughable threat prescribed to BRICS, a group of countries who...
Kayla Hartman
Mar 10

RealPage, Fake Prices
Collage of apartments by the Newark Housing Authority and Federal Housing Administration Imagine, that as a shop owner at a flea market,...
Kayla Hartman
Jan 3

Ruto Must Go: Reform or Revolution
Gen Z in Kenya takes to the streets(Amnesty Kenya/X) Similar to most former colonized nations, Kenya has struggled with economic...
Lola Akintoye
Oct 30, 2024

The Underwhelming Nature of Cap-and-trade
Polluting factory How much should a metric ton of carbon dioxide cost? How much do companies with huge carbon emissions actually care?...
Kayla Hartman
Oct 1, 2024

Tax-Free Tips: A Policy Missing the Mark
The Wall Street Journal In the months ahead of the election, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris have proposed...
Tyler Hardzog
Oct 1, 2024

The Formalization Formula and What It Got Wrong
A market in Bangkok, Thailand In the United States, the informal market includes activities as trivial as babysitting your kid neighbor...
Nadia Lee
May 1, 2024

How AI Flips the Promise of Meritocracy into a Threat
A silver trophy AI is today’s something in the water for the job market. YouTube video titles such as “AI Is Cutting Jobs With An...
Kayla Hartman
May 1, 2024

Indonesia: Pawn or Player?
https://www.goodfreephotos.com/Free-Stock-Photos/final10.jpg.php Indonesia’s history has been a long and twisted one. The country’s...
Riley Revilla
Apr 2, 2024

The War to Make Investing Worse for Everyone
A wind farm in Texas What’s “Satan’s plan” this time? Gay marriage? School librarians? Dungeons and Dragons? Proctor and Gamble? The...
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Feb 27, 2024

When the Workplace has no Women, Afghanistan's Misogyny Will Backfire
A Girl in Afghanistan Women's rights, including their right to work, have been impacted by the international conflicts of today. The...
Riley Revilla
Dec 28, 2023

Reimagining the Olympics: A Call to Reconsider Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts
The Olympics Aquatic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 months after the conclusion of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition for...
Zahra Schenck
Dec 28, 2023

Pretty Tired: Work-Leisure Preferences and Racialized Beauty
This 17th century English portrait may accidentally depict the Black and white beauty patch adorned subjects as equals. The concept of...
Kayla Hartman
Oct 24, 2023

Gross Data Garbage
Melbourne at night from the International Space Station The recording of national data has only been an expectation for a few decades....
Lucas Rivero
Apr 25, 2023

Up to the Brink: L’appel du Vide
U.S. Congress House Chamber Every negotiation is a lesson in game theory, and the current battle over the debt ceiling is no exception....
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Apr 24, 2023

Student Loans and SVB and Moral Hazard, Oh My!
“This is not the time for moral hazard lectures or for lesson administering or for alarm about the political consequences of ‘bailouts’”...
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Mar 22, 2023

When Profit Becomes Zero
The problem of economics has always been scarcity. There has never been enough stuff, and in response we have created systems to better...
Lucas Rivero
Feb 27, 2023

Humanitarian Aid and Socio-Economic Crisis in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, once known as the fastest-growing economy in the world, has now ceased to live up to that name. As war rages Ethiopia’s...
Zeeyada Gebru
Dec 20, 2022

On the Wrong Track: An Injury to One is an Injury to All
Congratulations are due to President Biden. He’s achieved perhaps the most efficient legislative push of his administration, signed a...
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Dec 20, 2022

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: A Never-ending Story?
The Flags of the EU and Mercosur Just imagine that you want to collaborate with another group. So you decide to approach the other group,...
Diego Pulido
Nov 20, 2022


Prison Labor: A Pervasive Institution
Prisoners producing military uniforms I write this in my on-campus dorm room, where my furniture is provided by UMD. I sleep in a...
Logan Delavan-Hoover
Nov 20, 2022
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