Guinea: Where land and debt collide
The Guinean property regime makes it hard for external actors to co-opt land. Land grabbing in Africa has made quite a stir in recent years. […]
Economics
The Kroger and Albertsons Merger: An Urgent Need for Antitrust Action in Food Retail
In 1997, Americans bought 20 percent of all groceries from the top four retailers. By 2019, the top four retailers claimed 43 percent of all […]
Love, Childcare, and Simple Macroeconomics
By Kathryn White My Love Story Sometimes, the best motivation for policy reform starts with a love story. Growing up, both of my parents worked […]
The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Public Policy Decision-Making
Why Cost-Benefit Analysis is an Inefficient Decision-Making Process in Public Policy By Delaney Edge What is Cost-Benefit Analysis? Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a process used […]
Promising Developments in Exceptional Finance
By Sean O’Connell, Edited by Daniel Balke An Introduction to Exceptional Finance Exceptional finance—funding that deviates from the normal policy of multilateral lending institutions like […]
Why the Biden Administration Needs to Revoke the Federal Permit for the Line 3 Pipeline
By Alex Reep Recall the hyper-controversial Keystone XL pipeline project which triggered a decade-long international movement of environmentalists and Indigenous leaders[i]? What if I told […]
Rising Income Inequality and the Future of Work in Digital Platforms: Uber and California Assembly Bill 5
by Chang Wook Min On May 5, 2020, California sued Uber and Lyft for violating the state’s new labor law that intended to reclassify ride-hailing […]
The IRS must introduce tax reforms to regulate donor-advised funds. Here are some proposals to consider.
by Sana Satpathy As tax time approaches, the top one percent of US earners are meeting with their accountants to catch-up on the hottest tax […]
Fall 2019 Journal: The Generational Squeeze – Young Californians’ Financial Outlook in the Wake of the Great Recession
This article is the fifth article featured in our Fall 2019 journal. For the complete journal, please see the “Journal Archive” tab above. by Erin […]
Governor Newsom Needs a Jobs Policy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
By Alison Schmitt After listening to Governor Newsom’s first State of the State on February 12 and reading through his proposed 2019 budget, there is […]
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