The Economics Review

Saffron Demagoguery: How the Four-Year Undergraduate Program is a Prodigal Lie

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi reintroduced the Four-Year Undergraduate Program in 2020 under the New Education Policy, even though it was previously rescinded in 2014 on grounds of privatizing...

Economic Theory, Features, Pranav Mittal

Economics’s Fool’s Gold: A Critical Evaluation of the Randomista Revolution

The Randomista movement radically transformed how economic research is broached and public welfare policies are conceived through the incorporation of randomized control trials.

Domestic Affairs, Esha Dhar

The Economic and Ethical Implications of Insider Trading in the Government

Dozens of government officials have violated laws on stock trades, raising the question of corruption and lack of transparency in the government.

Angel Cortes Sanchez, Domestic Affairs

Who’s Really Affected By Inflation?

On June 2022, the United States hit a 40-year high of 9.2 percent inflation rate...

Domestic Affairs, Saurabh Kumar

It’s Time to Address the Cost of Education in America

At the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, former President Donald Trump paused student loan repayments, causing millions of Americans to emit a collective sigh of relief during a...

Features, Pranav Mittal, World

Saffron Demagoguery: How the Four-Year Undergraduate Program is a Prodigal Lie

Vinze Valeza, World

The Finances Behind The Vatican

The Vatican, with its immense history and religious influence, has a complicated relationship with finance. With increasing skepticism from Catholics around the world, stagnant church membership and financial transparency...

Saatwik Panigrahi, World

Offshoring Climate Change to Carbon Havens: Carbon Leakages Pt. II

While carbon offshoring occurs as developed countries continue to shift emission-intensive industries to the developing world, weak environmental laws remain not the sole source of comparative advantage driving offshoring....

Economic Theory, Features, Pranav Mittal

Economics’s Fool’s Gold: A Critical Evaluation of the Randomista Revolution

The Randomista movement radically transformed how economic research is broached and public welfare policies are conceived through the incorporation of randomized control trials.

Archive, Damla Onder, Economic Theory

Women’s Unpaid Work and the American Economy

The amount of power women hold in the American economy.

Economic Theory, Julian Gary

Does private equity outperform public markets?

In the past two decades, institutional investment in private equity funds has skyrocketed...

Ananya Mittal, Business

Doing Good vs. Doing Well: Corporate Social Responsibility and its impact on a firm’s financial performance

Corporate Social Responsibility has gained much traction in recent decades as a self-regulatory management strategy that firms employ for both individual and societal benefit. However, how these strategies affect...

Business, Julian Gary

General Electric’s Break Up and The Decline of the Conglomerate Model

Jack Welch is widely considered one of the most successful CEOs of all time...

Business, Revan Aponso

American Airlines and JetBlue vs DOJ: How Big Can Airlines Get?

On September 21, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit to block a partnership agreement between American Airlines and JetBlue Airlines, citing a violation of antitrust laws...

Fiona Fang, Technology

Exploring the Capabilities and Challenges of ChatGPT

ChatGPT, one of many new revolutionary generative AI tools, could upskill the population and improve work efficiency. But governments also need to settle widespread concerns to maximize potential while...

Ryan Li, Technology

Solar Slackening? What faces America’s fastest-growing renewable energy source

The solar energy industry in America is doing very well for itself right now...

Angel Cortes Sanchez, Campus and Community

The Future of Affordable Housing in NYC

On November 2, 2021, New Yorkers voted for the next Mayor of New York City...

Aima Anwar, Archive, Campus and Community, Domestic Affairs

The New Normal: Learning Losses from COVID

The global economic implications of COVID-19 have been dominating the headlines this year, but one facet of today’s economy that is often overlooked is the learning loss that can...

Archive, Campus and Community, Shriya Chitale

College Costs and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the way we interact with each other — especially in the academic sphere...