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36 posts tagged "economics"

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Freakonomics author speaks on prostitutes, terrorists in business lecture

Kelsey Quint | Monday, September 18, 2023

Tax fraud, terrorists’ checking accounts and prostitution were just a few of the topics covered in a guest lecture Friday by award-winning economist and author Steven Levitt. The talk — entitled “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” — was part of the annual Thomas H. Quinn Lecture series. Mendoza College of

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Bud Light, ‘buycotts’ and our vicious consumerism

Stephen Viz | Thursday, April 20, 2023

First of all, let the record show that I am a Miller Lite man, as I only drink Bud Light if it’s free. Secondly, I want to make it clear from the get-go that this piece will avoid political pseudoscience, jargon, bigotry and opinion in addressing the obvious: Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch’s flagship alcoholic beverage, just

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The fate of the unipolar world

Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, October 5, 2022

When my friends and I welcomed the new decade alongside the intermittent crashing of waves on the delectable shores of Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, we took a moment to predict what the 2020s would herald for our own lives and the potential events that might shape up the world in the years immediately ahead. Besides a

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Students, faculty discuss debt forgiveness

Sam Anderson | Wednesday, August 31, 2022

On August 24, the White House announced a student loan forgiveness plan via executive order that hopes to “provide breathing room to America’s working families as they continue to recover from the strains associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.” This plan will be implemented in three distinct phases. First, the Department of Education will provide up

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From popular German talk show to the Washington Post: Notre Dame economics professor’s policy brief garners international attention in German debate over Russian gas

Maggie Eastland | Tuesday, April 12, 2022

The controversy began with Twitter, then the German chancellor called out the economic research on a popular talk show, and soon enough, the Washington Post was on the trail, phoning Notre Dame economics professor Rüdiger Bachmann. Bachmann was watching “Anne Will,” a German talk show viewed by millions, when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized a

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‘Pain at the pump’: University, off campus students cope with elevated gas prices

Maggie Eastland | Friday, April 1, 2022

College students may not fill up their tanks as much as the average adult, but recent gas price spikes have impacted seniors living off campus, University investment portfolios and Notre Dame’s power plant. Budget Adjustments “Prior to this semester, my car took maybe $35 to fill up, and I want to say lately it’s been

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Saint Mary’s Economics Club seeks to build community, empower women

Cora Haddad | Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Saint Mary’s College Economics Club is not a new addition to the community, but one that is being revived for 2022.  Co-presidents and Saint Mary’s juniors Nicole Drummond and Nikki Murphy hope to rebuild the club to what it once was before the pandemic.  Nicole Drummond is a double major in finance and economics

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Life’s a box of chocolates: When smart students can’t make decisions

Renee Yaseen | Thursday, January 27, 2022

Imagine it didn’t matter whether you took AP Spanish or AP German — you knew you’d graduate somewhere near the top of your class. It didn’t matter whether you started a paper seven days before the due date, five days, or the night before — you knew you could get an A. It was never

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Empty silverware holders, no late-night quesadillas: Notre Dame feels effects of nationwide labor shortage 

Maggie Eastland and Maxwell Feldmann | Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A worker shortage is rippling across the country, and the Notre Dame campus is also feeling its impact. Whiteboards encouraging workers to join the Campus Dining staff and shortened Taco Bell hours highlight the underlying labor shortage on campus. The problem is exacerbated by both nationwide labor shortages and lower levels of student employment. “As

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Student budgets were already tight. Inflation is only making it worse.

Caitlin Gormley | Tuesday, November 16, 2021

This semester could be one of the most expensive yet. From toilet paper to coffee, costs of student staples are rising. The consumer price index, which measures changes in how much Americans pay for certain goods and services, rose 0.4% in Sept., the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the past 12 months, prices in

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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