Deciphering the NFT Craze
2021-07-20
$69m painting? $2.9m tweet? Read this article to learn more about the NFT craze and where it’s going!Continue Reading
COVID-19 and the Asian American Community
2021-07-20
Xenophobia and racism have been endemic throughout American history, but the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how it affects the Asian American community in the United States. From suffering Asian-owned businesses to high rates of unemployment to lacking government programs, learn more about how the Asian American community is battling both discrimination and the pandemic.Continue Reading
Helping Save Small Businesses During the Pandemic—The Role of PPP Loans
2021-07-20
This article explores how Paycheck Protection Loans aided small businesses during COVID-19 and the role that they will play as the economy recovers.Continue Reading
Intellectual Property in a Pandemic: Does Vaccine Access Need to Change?
2021-07-19
On October 2, 2020 India and South Africa proposed a temporary waiver on coronavirus vaccine patent rights in a meeting of the World Trade Organization. With over 100 co-signatories (mostly developing countries), the so-called “TRIPS Vaccine Waiver” has raised questions about intellectual property and access ethics during a pandemic.Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Giant Firms: How to Best Compensate CEOs and Employees
2021-04-20
CEO to employee compensation ratios have increased seventeen-fold within the past five decades, helping propagate an increase in wealth inequality in the United States. But how much should CEOs reward themselves, relative to their employees? We examine two case studies of companies that stand on opposite ends of the issue.Continue Reading
The Texas Blackouts: A Tale of Mismanagement and Racism
2021-04-20
The Texas blackouts seem to be an isolated problem that happened due to unpleasant weather, but examining the whole story reveals significant systemic racism and problems in the state’s infrastructure.Continue Reading
The Wage War
2021-04-20
As the United States attempts to build back the economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, debate over raising the federal minimum wage rages in Congress. What will this measure cost us? How much will it help? We explore this and more in the following article as we make the case for why we need a $15 federal minimum wage.Continue Reading
Financial Markets, Friend or Foe of Low Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021-04-18
The pandemic has disproportionately affected LIDCs across the globe; with LIDCs lacking access to financial capital, they face domestic economic decline and forecast increased levels of poverty. As LIDCs struggle with limited financial capital, can financial markets play a role in helping LIDCs during the pandemic?Continue Reading
Is the EU Still America’s Economic Ally?
2021-04-18
It looks like the United States just became a third wheel. Recent economic data from the E.U.’s statistical office shows that China is now the European Union’s biggest trading partner of goods, knocking the U.S. from its prime spot. While the European Union has been China’s biggest importer for some time, the relationship only became mutual during the pandemic, likely due to the increase in demand for Chinese medical products in the E.U. In turn, demand for European goods in China also grew.Continue Reading
The Film Industry on Pause
2021-03-10
The pandemic, as it has done to so many industries, has put in a pin in the production and distribution of movies and television shows, yet as so many people are forced to self isolate, the demand for content new and old has never been higher. As COVID-19 drains some sectors of the film industry and boosts others, we investigate who the biggest winners and losers of the pandemic are in the entertainment industry. Continue Reading