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Carbon Emissions: A Transferable Property Right?

Posted on January 16, 2023

Online Journal | Dhruvi Singh Raghuwanshi | January 2023 Background The government provides corporate incentives to produce eco-friendly automobiles through carbon credits. In most cases, an emission permit enables its owner to emit one tonne …

Posted in Online JournalTagged Analysis-based

EQ Vol.12: The Disregarded Economist: Barriers to Economic Policy Implementation

Posted on January 13, 2023

Contributing Writer: Eric Alberts | May, 2022 In the United States, citizens have the opportunity to participate in their government and influence policy decisions through voting. It’s not often that you hear someone critique this …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Opinion Piece

EQ Vol.12: Circumstances, Effort, and Inequality of Opportunity

Posted on January 13, 2023

Contributing Writer: Eric Hsienchen Chu | May, 2022 In 2020, the Korean movie “Parasite” won Best Picture in the Oscars, making a name not only in the film industry but around the globe. This film …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Research Review

EQ Vol.12: How to Become a Billionaire

Posted on January 10, 2023

Contributing Writer: Alexandra Dogaru | May, 2022 Every investor’s goal is to beat the market at the lowest possible cost, measured by risk. However, not every market participant can achieve such a performance. Because of …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Opinion Piece

EQ Vol.12: Our Interview with Dr. Noah Williams

Posted on January 7, 2023

Contributing Writer: Charlie Fahey | May, 2022 Professor Noah Williams is the Curt and Sue Culver Professor of Economics and an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Faculty Interview

EQ Vol.12: Sleep Economics

Posted on January 7, 2023

Contributing Writer: Thomas Haddock | May, 2022 I often stumble into friendly debates with roommates or classmates surrounding sleeping habits and schoolwork. It seems the widely held belief is that unless you are a master …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Opinion Piece

EQ Vol.12: Background and Analysis of the Chinese Real Estate Crisis

Posted on January 5, 2023

Contributing Writer: Novak He | May, 2022 In fall 2021, the world’s most indebted company——Chinese real estate company Evergrande missed its debt repayment deadline. This incident worsened the debt crisis of this debt giant, who …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Analysis-based

EQ Vol.12: The Distributional Effects of QE: Free Silver or a Cross of Gold?

Posted on January 2, 2023

Contributing Writer: Zachary Heintz | May, 2022 In 1896, William Jennings Bryan, a former Nebraska congressman, gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that would win him the Democratic presidential nominations in both 1896 …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Analysis-based

EQ Vol.12: Quantifying the Irrationality of the Middle Ground: Public Health’s Modern Battlefield

Posted on January 1, 2023

Why the integration of behavioral economic analysis in epidemiology is crucial to improving vaccine acceptance among the hesitant. Contributing Writer: Rohan Snah | May, 2022 “The purely economic man is indeed close to being a …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Analysis-based

EQ Vol.12: Economic Misunderstanding Through Human Unconscious Bias

Posted on January 1, 2023

Contributing Writer: Max Levy | May, 2022 Recently, I read Factfulness by Hans Rosling, which tells of human progress and examines the overdramatic and misinformed worldview that most people embrace. Dr. Rosling, a Swedish physician, …

Posted in Equilibrium: Vol.12Tagged Opinion Piece
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