Amazon: Coming to Your City?
By Ben Rapp The Seattle-based e-commerce company Amazon has been making big steps in the brick and mortar space in recent years. In November 2015, Amazon opened their first [...]
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Bolsonaro’s “Bullsonaro Wave”
By Pooja Narayanan Brazil’s political system was shaken on Sunday, October 28, 2018 when right-wing congressman Jair Bolsonaro won the country’s presidential election. [...]
Great Britain: The Brexit Brief
By Niti Parekh On March 29, 2019, the United Kingdom is set to “divorce” the European Union, after being a member for 45 years and a crucial trade player through its [...]
The Nordic Model: Women in the Workforce
By Anvitha Jagannathan In the 1930s, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Sweden—collectively known as the Nordic nations— experimented with their economies. Dubbed as [...]
The Death of Haute Couture
By Alexis Datta (Argentina, 1940s) Eva Peron woke up every morning to her entourage of designers – Asunta Fernandez was her personal shopper; Luis D’Agostino chose her [...]
It’s a Jungle Out There: The Consumer Products Industry
By Richard Salvatierra Amidst a seismic shift in consumer preferences, 2018 has been a year of wild headlines for the consumer industry as many companies struggle to woo [...]
Venezuelan Oil On Chinese Soil
By Andres Gomez Perry China’s continued economic support of the Maduro regime has turned Beijing’s interests in Venezuela from economic to political. In Venezuela, [...]
Tweet Tweet Tweety: Elon Musk’s Twitter Affair
By Anvitha Jagannathan Tesla Inc. has had a rough few months, with its stock price falling to just over $250 in early April and fluctuating wildly ever since. These [...]
The Last Straw
By Virginia Favaro 2018 was the year of the plastic straw. This everyday object became the new “poster child” for environmental damage and degradation. Environmental [...]
Brett Kavanaugh, #MeToo, and Male Repercussions
By Dharaa Rathi When Alyssa Milano tweeted #MeToo in October of last year, Hollywood had no idea what it was in for. Harvey Weinstein, a famed and formerly respected film [...]
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