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Automation & Workforce Integration: An Anticipated and Overlooked Arrival

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Alejandro Sarmiento In 2019 alone, 9,100 retail stores shut their doors forever, easily surpassing the previous year’s mark of 5,864 store closures and soaring [...]

Airbnb’s Trip to Public Markets

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Veena Murali If you have traveled anywhere in the past few years, chances are that you’ve stayed in an Airbnb. The emergence of the sharing economy around the [...]

The Future of Uber

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Ben Rapp Since Uber, a Ridesharing platform, was founded in 2009, it has completed almost ten billion trips, approximating about fourteen million trips each day. [...]

The Allure of “Special” Water

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Veena Murali Water is thought to be universal–everyone needs it, it looks the same, and it tastes the same… or does it? Brands like Fiji, Essentia, and [...]

Uber vs. Yellow Cabs

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Veena Murali Most people imagine that the quickest way to get somewhere is to have a car pick you up and drop you off at whatever location, on-demand. This is the [...]

Go Green or Go Home: Why Sustainable Business is the Key to the Future

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Anvitha Jagannathan Globally, we are consuming our Earth’s resources 1.7 times faster than our ecosystems can regenerate. U.S. consumption tops the list, with [...]

Turning Pages–NYU Stern Undergraduate College Changes Leadership

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Andres Gomez-Perry On May 31st, 2019, Geeta Menon will step down as the Dean of the NYU Stern Undergraduate College, concluding an eight-year tenure. From June [...]

An Undergrad’s Basic Insights on Universal Basic Income

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Christopher Ren What a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is According to the Citizens’ Basic Income Trust, UBI-type policies are defined by five conditions: It is [...]

HQ2’s NYC Breakup

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Joy Yang With five-billion dollar tax cut incentives and the promise of highly skilled workers, New York thought it had successfully won the heart of Amazon for [...]

Recovering from 2016: Winning the Presidency without Dividing the Party

May 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Written by Varsha Venugopal With the next presidential election around the corner, learning from Hillary Clinton’s oversights in 2016 can help a new wave of Democratic [...]