Category: Market View
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The Price of Economic Stability in Russia
For the class ‘Russian Foreign Policy’ with Professor Chris Miller, I propose three solutions to mitigating the Russian economic fallout.
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The Effect of CO2 Emissions on Economic Growth
In this study co-authored by Ben Meyers and Amelia Batson, spanning 129 countries from 2000 to 2019, we unveil a significant positive link between carbon emissions and GDP growth. Surprisingly, low-income countries exhibit an opposite trend. Our findings carry crucial policy implications for sustainable development.
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Market Views: US Debt Ceiling
Market Views is a series where I jot down some of my rudimentary views of the market as it stands. I am by no means a market savant, but by writing down and coalescing my thoughts here every week, I hope to become better at sifting through what is going on in our world today,…
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The Legacy of Apartheid
Prompt: To what extent have the ANC dealt with the legacy of apartheid, or have their policies hindered change? “The past can never be completely erased. It lingers. Like the scent of burning wood.”- James Wesley[1] Apartheid officially ended with the hard-fought negotiations of 1994, but its lasting effects can still be felt in the…
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Market Views: SVB
Market Views is a series where I jot down some of my rudimentary views of the market as it stands. I am by no means a market savant, but by writing down and coalescing my thoughts here every week, I hope to become better at sifting through what is going on in our world today,…
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The Curse of Low Interest Rates
In this paper, the role of banks and economic cycles will first be defined to provide crucial background information, laying the foundation for our understanding of doom loops. It will subsequently make an argument that low interest rates are the primary driver of doom loops and retail banking regulation should be directly targeted to reduce…
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Do Earnings Affect Obesity?
This paper estimates the effect of earnings per capita on adult obesity rates in 50 U.S. states from 2010-2020. Since the prevalence of obesity within populations is often associated with economic affluence, we seek to estimate the strength of the empirically observed relationship between a state’s earnings per capita and adult obesity rates. We take…
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Climate Protocols of the UN
The United Nations has been the most active international institution in the realm of climate policy. For this reason, I will first illustrate why climate change is such a complex problem to solve, then examine three of the UN’s major protocols in an attempt to explain the extent and conditions it has prevented environmental degradation.…
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Cartels: The Case of OPEC
Ever since Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, his discovery of the seemingly innocuous black liquid would soon propel the world into a new era of industrialization and modernization. Today, oil is the most traded commodity in global markets, and its presence can be traced to every corner of the world. It…
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A Critique of Turkish Monetary Policy
The power of monetary policy lies in our governments and central bank’s ability to influence the supply of money, credit, and the economic well-being of its citizens. However, even though monetary policy can be a powerful tool, it must also be wielded with caution as its repercussions can be far-reaching. Thus, as wars and pandemics…
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