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Filling the Gaps: The Case for Federalized Unemployment Insurance
In March 2020, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in an attempt to address the...
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Oct 25, 20214 min read


Market Imperfections Across Stop & Shop, Brown University, and the Hospital
The American economy is unique for many reasons – most notably, its failure to regulate education and healthcare. In both sectors, this...
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Oct 23, 20216 min read


Regenerative Practices: Making American Agriculture Sustainable
A capitalist society gives up a lot in return for efficiency and cheap rates. In the food industry, the corporations that are able to...
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May 9, 20214 min read


The Unequal Effects of Covid-19 in the Workplace
The Covid-19 pandemic sent unemployment rates soaring around the world in early 2020, with rates in the United States hitting highs since...
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May 2, 20215 min read


Cancel the Debt: Why Student Loan Forgiveness would Rebuild the American Middle Class
Our imagination of the American middle class is far more a social construct than an economic fact. The middle-class ethos is often...
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Apr 30, 20214 min read


Food Policy as Climate Policy: How Waste Reduction Can Contribute to a Greener Tomorrow
Food waste is among the most significant – and overlooked – contributors to climate change today, accounting for about eight percent of...
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Apr 27, 20216 min read


New York versus Florida Pandemic Responses
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially categorized Covid-19 as a pandemic. This designation confirmed the anxieties...
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Apr 25, 20215 min read


Covid Stimulus Saved Millions From Economic Suffering
“How will Americans survive a pandemic with just a single $1200 check?” This question has made the rounds on Twitter for the past year,...
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Apr 15, 20214 min read


Progress on the European Climate Law
As the disruption in our collective lived experiences from the Covid-19 pandemic prompts a rethinking of unsustainable consumption...
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Apr 14, 20214 min read


America Needs More Immigrants
American birth rates are low, and that’s a problem. There are two ways to increase the population: incentivize childbirth or incentivize...
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Apr 12, 20215 min read


American Socialism: Accept it, but Do it Right
The United States is one of the most socialist economies in the world. Most Americans would be surprised to hear this because we still...
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Apr 7, 20218 min read


Strengthening the American Labor Movement: The Advantages of Sectoral Bargaining
In a recent message addressing an organizing drive at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, President Joe Biden came out strongly in...
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Apr 5, 20214 min read


Has COVID-19 Killed Sports?
To start the month of February, two massive sporting events took place: The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slams in the tennis...
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Mar 28, 20215 min read


How to Reform the Broken Brokerage Industry
I walked into a bank the other day and tried to apply for a credit card. It did not go well. Apparently, my income is too low, my student...
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Mar 24, 20217 min read


The Price of Eating Right
In 2019, the United States spent $3.8 trillion on health care, averaging $11,582 per person. This figure accounts for approximately 17...
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Mar 23, 20216 min read


Europe’s Compromise with Authoritarianism
Solidarity has not been a feature of the European Union’ pandemic response package. That was supposed to change with the passage of the...
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Mar 21, 20215 min read


The Robin Hoods of Reddit
Gamestop is a dying brick and mortar video game retailer that hasn’t reported a profit since January 2020. Over the course of a week, its...
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Mar 20, 20215 min read


How to End Child Poverty: The Case for a Universal Child Allowance
Among developed nations, the United States suffers from one of the highest rates of child poverty. In 2020, 1 in 6 American children,...
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Mar 18, 20215 min read


Sustainability: a Market Trend, Not a Policy
With the expected economic recovery following the pandemic, experts predict an equally rapid return of greenhouse gas emissions that have...
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Mar 16, 20215 min read


The Pitfalls of Protectionism: Why Biden Should Abandon “Buy American”
In the lead-up to his inauguration, President Biden pledged to reverse course on many of his predecessor’s unwelcome policies. To some...
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Mar 15, 20215 min read
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