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Tag: Opinion Piece

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

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 basic premise of our government. On paper, it is perhaps the best system in the world. But a small addition …

EQ Vol.12: How to Become a Billionaire

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 the way financial markets are designed, for every win there is a corresponding loss. With the development of the Modern …

EQ Vol.12: Sleep Economics

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 of time management, sleep often comes second to schoolwork. Why do we value a little extra studying over a little …

EQ Vol.12: Economic Misunderstanding Through Human Unconscious Bias

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, statistician, and professor of Health Care at the Karolinska Institute of Medicine brilliantly refutes common misconceptions of our basic worldview, …