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From the Pitch to the Algorithm: How Soccer Has Become a Nerd’s Game

Posted on January 9, 2025

Online Journal | Hazim Khairul (Ahmad Hazim bin Khairul) | January 2025 Introduction  “The problem in football is that there are a lot of statistics,” said Pep Guardiola, one of modern soccer’s greatest tacticians. Even …

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Student-Athletes or Athlete-Students? The Economics of Collegiate Athletics in the NIL Era

Posted on January 9, 2025

Online Journal | Benjie Harthun | January 2025 In 2010, Reggie Bush forfeited his 2005 Heisman Trophy after an NCAA investigation found he had received impermissible benefits like rent-free housing and travel benefits while playing …

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A Heavy Price: The Economic and Social Costs of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

Posted on January 9, 2025

Online Journal | Justin Plank | January 2025 Background Every year, the United States spends an estimated $173 billion treating obesity-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease, more than the annual budgets of 42 U.S. …

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EQ Vol.14: Mind the Gap: The Economic Implications and Policy Solutions to Academic Achievement Gaps

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: William Laudon | May, 2024 If education is “the key to unlock the golden door of freedom” as George Washington Carver once put it, then this door remains locked for most Americans. Academic achievement …

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EQ Vol.14: Money Trees: The State of the Voluntary Carbon Market

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: Thomas Hadcock | May, 2024 “To secure cooperation in the area, flyers were distributed with cartoons of trees growing in the shape of dollar signs.” – Heidi Blake, The New Yorker The world is …

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EQ Vol.14: ESG Scores Relationship with Profitability

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: Peter Flynn | May, 2024 Every company has an impact on the world that isn’t shown in the financials. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores try to quantify this impact. The goal of ESG …

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EQ Vol.14: Eyes on the Street: Testing Jane Jacobs

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: Zachary Golden | May, 2024 The “eyes on the street” theory hypothesizes that the presence of people in a public space deters crime.[1] American writer Jane Jacobs introduced the theory in her 1961 book …

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EQ Vol.14: Catalytic Offices: How Commercial Real Estate is Forcing Cities to Evolve

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: Jonathan Tong | May, 2024 The onset of the pandemic came with an exodus in office use. America’s ten largest cities saw their office utilization rates decrease by 80% as companies quickly adopted work-from-home …

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EQ Vol.14: Defensive Medicine: The Economic Implications at and Beyond the Healthcare Sector

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: Marissa Stolt | May, 2024 After weeks of battling what seemed like a common cold that would go away without medical intervention, Maria Clark contemplated visiting Urgent Care for treatment. As a low-income individual …

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EQ Vol.14: Fishing for Answers: A Case Study of Bed Net Misusage and Perverse Incentives

Posted on July 17, 2024

Contributing Writer: Genevieve Goetz  | May, 2024 “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. There are a lot of assumptions …

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