Kevin Sciackitano
- Mar 16, 2020
- 8 min
A CO.VI.D.-19 Recession is Imminent, Inevitable, and Impossible to Gauge
A few months ago, I wrote an article forecasting the next recession. Of all the things to spark the next economic downturn, though, I...
David Leshchiner
- Mar 13, 2020
- 5 min
The Tragedy of Juan Guaidó
The 2020 State of the Union was full of political gamesmanship. President Donald Trump gave an intense, theatrical speech followed by...
Mark Lu
- Mar 11, 2020
- 8 min
CO.VI.D.-19: The Great Global Bureaucratic Fumble of 2020
The Chinese government’s response to the initial CO.VI.D.-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the most highly populated city in central...
Mark Lu
- Feb 19, 2020
- 16 min
A.U.S.G. ’s New Report on Fossil Fuel Divestment, Summarized
On February 3, A.U. provost Daniel Meyers announced to several faculty members that A.U. had sold off a bundle of several funds managed...
Kevin Sciackitano
- Jan 31, 2020
- 7 min
The Failure of Finance
In 1944, the nations of the world assembled at the Bretton Woods Conference to create a new, global financial system. The resulting...
Mark Lu
- Jan 1, 2020
- 23 min
The Red Priests of Power, Part 1: Hong Kong in the Greater Power Conflict
I was in my last day of contemporary U.S. history class a couple weeks ago, engaging in a discussion on the future of American foreign...
Kevin Sciackitano
- Dec 28, 2019
- 8 min
The Recession is Coming
As of July this year, our current economic expansion has become the longest in recorded American history. Starting in 2009, the U.S. has...
Kevin Sciackitano
- Dec 3, 2019
- 8 min
Tax Cuts for the Rich: A 40-Year Mistake
Last month, we found out something that was not especially surprising but extremely concerning. A study by economists Emmanuel Saez and...