Eyes on the Prize: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics
Last month, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics to three...
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Author: Ellen Bast
Over the River and through the Woods, to Grandmother’s Zoom We Go
The holidays: a time when family and loved ones gather together, share food and drink, and sing...
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Justice Ginsburg’s legacy on the economy
On Friday, September 18, 2020, the U.S. lost a national treasure with the death of Supreme Court...
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Making sense of the census
It may be strange, but I was excited to receive mail from the federal government this spring, and...
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Racism, White Privilege, and the Baltimore Economy
With several publicized deaths of black people by law enforcement in the past few weeks, race...
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There’s No Place Like Home: COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Economics
COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus, is at the forefront of everyone’s minds. The new...
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Is your New Year’s resolution doomed?
With the coming (and passing) of January 1, we’ve entered not only a new year, but a new decade as...
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Lockout Strikes a Chord
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was founded in 1916 as a branch of the city’s municipal...
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Not Throwing Away My Shot—An Economic Look at Vaccination
Vaccines have been in the news recently, as diseases that were once eradicated make a resurgence...
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Does This Blog Post Spark Joy?
Spring has sprung! And with it comes spring cleaning. Like any good millennial with a Netflix...
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The Game Theory of Black Friday
Like any good economics researcher, I spent my Thanksgiving holiday spending time with family and...
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#StudentExperience: Kiera Cupid
Kiera Cupid is a senior studying economics with a minor in business administration at Towson...
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