Post-Election: The Longer Version of a Facebook Post I Wrote
Written by Aditi Shankar On Tuesday, November 8, I had a midterm. My professor, Manjiree Jog, commented that morning, “It’s a privilege to live in a democracy. Use [...]
Multilevel Marketing: Though Appearing Harmless, Still Controversial
Written by Joanne Jang Most have heard of Amway. If not, they probably have heard of either Herbalife or Nuskin. Though these companies’ products are consumed throughout [...]
With President-elect Trump, Trans-Pacific Partnership in Jeopardy
Written by Pooja Narayanan The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement that includes 12 Pacific Rim countries: the US, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, [...]
Intangible Assets in GDP: Updating an Antiquated Measure
Written by Alexis Datta Among the many measures that are used to measure an economy’s performance, the most significant is Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This measure [...]
Bayer and Monsanto: Potential Marriage between Two Agribusiness Giants not without Concern
Written by Pooja Narayanan The potential merger between German chemical giant Bayer and American seed and fertilizer giant Monsanto has the potential of restructuring of [...]
Demonetization in India: What is the Risk Reward Ratio?
The government believes that demonetization will help erode “black money”, or untaxed wealth, currently estimated at $420 billion or 20 percent of GDP, from the economy, [...]
Bankers vs. Mattresses: The New World of Negative Interest Rates
Written by Tim Udelsman NIRP? ZIRP? ECB? BoJ? QE? It’s no secret that the modern world of interest rates and central bank monetary policy is confusing. According to [...]
EpiPen Price Hike and Controversies over Pricing Power in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Written by Pooja Narayanan Mylan, a global pharmaceutical company, has recently faced intense scrutiny over the significant price increase of its life-saving drug, the EpiPen [...]
The Airbnb vs. New York debate: Who is Responsible for Illegal Rentals?
Written by Lauren Tai On October 21, just hours after Governor of New York State Andrew Cuomo signed legislation imposing hefty fines on those who post illegal short-term [...]
Fireside Chat with Valuation Guru Aswath Damodaran
Written by Devyani Nijhawan and Sanchit Kumar, Class of 2018 When January 23rd comes around next year, 280 juniors and seniors will be flocking to Paulson Auditorium to [...]
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