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World Cup Sales / By: Miguel Agyei
The FIFA World Cup is a one-month soccer tournament that occurs every 4 years. Across the world, people watch 64 games with 32 different...
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Will CPS 2018-2019 School Year Budget Affect Education in A Low Income Neighborhood? / By D'Quan Mat
In the 2018-2019 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) budget, there are plans to make certain schools state of the art. CPS plans to invest $75...
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Financial Crisis in Mexico / By: Jennifer Baeza
This summer I was fortunate enough to go visit where my parents grew up in Guanajuato, Mexico. I’ve traveled a lot to do service in...
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A Better Path for Youth: Can Investments in Youth Education and Opportunity Reduce Incarceration?
By Sullivan Anderson In Illinois, much more money is required to imprison a juvenile than educate a teenager for a year. According to Chi...
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The Impact of Gentrification / By: Su Mon
Over the past decades, many neighborhoods in Chicago have changed. Often, these changes are brought by gentrification, the "socioeconomic...
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Cannabis Cash / By: Imani Joseph
It is known by many names: pot, weed, cannabis, wood, joint, and marijuana, but despite its many aliases marijuana is still...
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The Benefit of B Corps / By: Jonathan Lee
Benefit Corporations, colloquially known as B Corps, have been gaining rapid popularity since the first B Corp certification in 2007....
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Sneakers: The Billion Dollar Market / By Jonathan Lee
In 1984, 22-year-old Michael Jordan signed a deal that would revolutionize sneakers forever. The NBA star chose a lesser contract with...
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Amazon & Small Business / By Hannah Levin
Amazon has been a dominant force in e-commerce, recently becoming worth one trillion in September of 2018, according to David Streitfeld...
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China’s Hawaii Becomes the New Free-Trade Zone? A Personal Perspective / By Carina Peng
When one talks about China’s international trade scene, very few people think of free trade. Why? For decades China was perceived by...
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How Automation Has Affected the Job Market / By London Gibson-Purcell
New technology continues to push companies to use automated systems over hiring new people. According to McKinsey & Company, about 60% of...
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America's Immigration Propositions / By Anam Qadri
For many decades now, conflicts regarding immigration have swept through the minds of the U.S. presidents as they tried to figure out how...
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How Race Affects Buying Power / By Leslie Walker
No matter where you are or what you’re doing, you are bombarded with billboards, digital promotions, and other forms of advertising....
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The Gender Wage Gap and Family Relations / By Natasha Chaiyarat
There have been many advances towards equality in multiple areas of American society. However, the difference between the paychecks of...
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Can Economics Save the World? / By Elizabeth (Lizzy) Brahin
By Elizabeth (Lizzy) Brahin Do you think economics can save the world? Well, the economists at the University of Chicago seem to think...
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Closing the Gender Gap in Finance / By Elizabeth (Lizzy) Brahin
By Elizabeth (Lizzy) Brahin 18%.That’s the percentage of finance professionals who are women (Hooker, 2018). Why is this number so low?...
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