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, …
EQ Vol.12: Changing the Student Debt Crisis: America’s Plans
Contributing Writer: Emily Wang | May, 2022 In early October 2021, President Joe Biden proposed changes to the former Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Total and Permanent Disability (TPD), and Borrower Defense programs, making it …
Three Women Speak to their Experience in the Field of Economics
Maia Scott | May, 2022 Gwen Eudey, Gwyn Pauley, and Corina Mommearts are all economists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and all of them are women. I spoke to each of them briefly to grasp …
The Impact of COVID-19 on Developing Nations
Dhruvi Singh Raghuwanshi | May 2022 COVID-19 has had a differentiated impact across nations. On a deeper analysis, it is evident that one of the biggest victims of the financial impact of the pandemic were …
COVID-19’s Impact on Small Businesses
Riley Maszk | December 2021 Never before have we seen such a dynamic shift in normalcy until the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus. With the hardships in losing our loved ones, facing disconnect with …
EQ Vol.11: INTERVIEW with Professor David Johnson
Contributing Writer: Tye Rubin | May, 2021 David Johnson is a professor of economics and a senior lecturer at UW-Madison and has built a reputable career in environmental economics and teaching. Professor Johnson has worked …
Geographic Variation in Treatment and Cost in Healthcare
Kelly Zhang | April 2021 It would seem ideal for all the world to have a single price for all people when they have health issues. However, that may never happen because there are many …
EQ Vol.10: Exchange Rate Misalignment – For Some a Strategy, for Others a Downfall
Contributing Writer: Abby Fehler | May, 2020 The economies of developing countries face many interesting problems, many of which involve trade. For the leaders of developing nations, economic stability is crucial to maintaining political stability. …
EQ Vol.10: Los Angeles Metro Rails– An Asset or a Liability?
Contributing Writer: Fatima Ali | May, 2020 Throughout the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Los Angeles experienced a massive population growth, creating traffic congestion in the L.A. highway system. Tis provided an incentive for lawmakers …
Americans Need an Insurance Mandate, They Just Don’t Know It Yet
| Ritika Punathil | May 18, 2020 | To understand whether the U.S. health insurance market is experiencing market failure, statistic, economic, and philosophical theory are all needed. The real challenge is determining what market …