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College Sports: Affirmative Action for White People
The state of youth sports is far from what was portrayed in The Sandlot. Whereas youth sports used to be an inclusive, community-building...
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Dec 10, 20195 min read


A Tax Cut for Gentrification
In 2013, early investor in Facebook Sean Parker bankrolled a lobbying effort that pairs a capital-gains tax break with an incentive to...
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Dec 2, 20195 min read


An Energy Bridge to Nowhere: The U.S. is Forging ‘Ahead’ with Natural Gas
Despite his promises, Trump has not been able to save coal for West Virginia and American coal country. Instead, coal-fired plants are...
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Nov 20, 20195 min read


How Do We Save our World? Understanding the Scope and Limitations to Using Business for Change
Doing good is “in” and pure profit is “out”; the world has become increasingly focused on using businesses for good and allowing the...
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Sep 19, 20196 min read


Every Rose Has its Thorn: Exposing Colombia’s Cut Flower Industry
Most Americans might not know it, but the vast majority of the cut flowers sold throughout the country are grown and exported out of...
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Jul 23, 20195 min read


The Newest Threat on the FBI’s Radar: Brown Undergrads?
In February, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on major threats to U.S. national security. One issue that was addressed in...
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Apr 22, 20195 min read


Desperate Measures: Lower-for-Longer Policies and the Zero Lower Bound
During the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve feared the onset of excessive inflation and thus decided to respond by constricting the...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


Turning Tenants Away: How Source of Income Discrimination Legalizes Prejudice
“No part of said property shall be occupied by any person not of the Caucasian race.” Although it was common for property deeds since the...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


The Case for Universal Pre-K as a Policy Priority
Tuition free college has been a staple of progressive campaigns, since Bernie Sanders’ Presidential run in 2016. While this policy has...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Time for a Check-Up: Reconsidering Physician Reimbursement Rates
The financial state of the U.S. healthcare system is decidedly unhealthy. For a country that prides itself on market-based efficiency,...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


Deal or no Deal? — Green New Deal splits the Democratic Party
Ambitious has certainly been a word used to describe the “Green New Deal,” a 14-page resolution to tackle climate change authored by Sen....
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


The Hidden Price of Being a Woman
2018 was the “Year of the Woman”; across the U.S., citizens are rightfully excited by the significant rise in both female...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Hospital Chargemasters Are Not Transparent Enough
The rising cost of healthcare in the United States is old news, with spending projected to increase over five percent annually until...
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Apr 20, 20193 min read


A Corporate Obsession: Why the FCC is Failing to Bridge the Digital Divide
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Time is (Literally) Money: Using Timebanking to Rebuild Communities
In the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 Presidential primary, candidate Andrew Yang is certainly a long shot. He has no name...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Patience, Wealth & Happiness: An Economist’s Perspective
As humans, we strive to be efficient and maximize personal utility. We have made tremendous strides in the service industries,...
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Apr 5, 20194 min read


Well-Intentioned Illegality: The Fed’s Decision to Nix the Narrow Bank
A key component of the 2008 Great Recession, which cost the average American over $70,000, was the complexity of banking that former...
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Dec 17, 20185 min read


It Pays Off To Be Kind: The Case for B Corps
“The business of business is business.” This notorious phrase refers to Milton Friedman’s famously provocative article published in...
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Dec 13, 20185 min read


Is it the Economy?
During election season, the economy is always a hot topic for politicians. In the United States and most European countries, there has...
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Oct 15, 20185 min read


A Tale of Two Cities: San Francisco and the Spatial Politics of Homelessness
San Francisco is a city of juxtapositions: concrete jungles abut natural havens; postmodern sculptures clash fiercely with the old...
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Oct 9, 20185 min read
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