By Charlotte Vigy and Allison Fecke | ShoQs 2026 Over 7.5 million U.S. businesses now exist inside a single app, TikTok. What started as a platform for short-form video has become a marketplace where Gen …
The UW-Madison Housing Crisis
By Anvika Annyapu, Rachelle Lang, Sarah Samman, and Jonathan Minnis | ShoQs 2026
Effects of Mass Deportation on U.S.-Born Workers
By Justin Yan | ShoQs 2026 Have you ever wondered what would happen if millions of undocumented immigrants were removed from the country today? At first glance, it seems like it would free up jobs …
The Rising Opportunity Cost of College
By Shubhi Sancheti | ShoQs 2026 While writing essays, taking tests, and submitting applications, have you ever wondered whether college is still “worth it?” For decades, the answer seemed obvious. A bachelor’s degree was viewed …
GENIUS Act: An Approach to the U.S. Fiscal Deficit
By Junius Lee | ShoQs 2026 You have probably heard of the fiscal deficit problem, and people making huge profits by investing in crypto. But few people would have ever linked the two. The recently …
Death Taxes: Is Raising the Exemption Bar Bad?
By Taehun Kim | ShoQs 2026 Death taxes often refer to taxes paid following a person’s demise, including estate taxes paid by the deceased’s estate, or succession taxes paid by the heirs. Recently, the legislature …
Municipal Incentives and School Funding: A Closer Look at a Valuable NJ Tool
Online Journal | Matthew Hummell | February 2026 There is nothing more economically gratifying for a town than its own development. When the prospect of growth comes knocking at that “welcome” sign, municipalities understandably leap …
The Cost of Life: The Economic Impacts of the Death Penalty
Benjie Harthun | Spring 2025 Is death cruel and unusual? The constitutionality of the death penalty has been a highly contentious issue in the American legal system for most of the country’s history. The …
The Future of Industrial Policy: A Greener Way
Ahmad Hazim bin Khairul | Spring 2025 Is a Small Country Scalable? The world economy is approximately $106.17 trillion in size, with ASEAN (Southeastern Asian Nations) contributing roughly $3.8 trillion, which is only 3.6% of …
Hello AI, Goodbye Jobs?
Charlotte Vigy | Spring 2025 In 1996, a computer defeated a world chess champion for the first time. Now, computers seem to be beating humans in most everyday tasks. AI, what once seemed like …