April 2018

Go Rent, Young Man!

In a culture where owning a home is seen as an important stepping stone toward achieving the American Dream, many young potential homebuyers viewed the recent December 2017 U.S. Congressional tax bill as another impediment to their goals of moving... Continue reading...

International

Africa’s Millennial Are Globalizing a New African Narrative

Is the future African? According to the UN report, a third of all people on earth will be African by 2100. Although this is only a projection, if history is any indication, the population of Africa will be much four... Continue reading...

Markets

The Failure of Venture Capital

The nature of venture capital (VC) investment is highly uncertain. When startup investors pick their investments, they may end up with a return anywhere from zero to 50 times what they put in. The National Venture Capital Association reports that... Continue reading...

International

The Hidden Benefits of the Pyeongchang Olympics

From an economic perspective, hosting the Olympic Games is often considered a poor investment. They are frequently touted as catalysts for explosive job, infrastructure, and economic growth. These results, however, are generally short lived: increased employment in the hospitality and... Continue reading...

Technology

Bitcoin: How Did We Get Here?

A little over nine years ago, Bitcoin was born in an obscure corner of the internet to a pseudonymous father. In its short and volatile life, it has served to facilitate everything from pizza deliveries to murder, been both scorned... Continue reading...

International

Soccer Fees Soar

The four most historically expensive soccer players’ transfer fees have all come in the past two years. Paul Pogba was sold to Manchester United for £105 million, mirroring the amount FC Barcelona coughed up to send Ousmane Dembélé to its... Continue reading...

Government

Progress Short of Postcards

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed along party lines by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2017, marks the most expansive overhaul to the tax code since the Reagan era. Economic conservatives could not... Continue reading...

International

K-Pop Boom

“Kim Nam-joon! Kim Seok-jin! Min Yoon-gi! Jung Ho-seok! Park Ji-min! Kim Tae-hyung! Jeon Jung-kook! BTS!” Probably for the first time ever, the audience chanted Korean names as BTS made an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres show last year.

BTS, a ... Continue reading...

Technology

Will Cryptocurrencies Save Online Gambling? Don’t Bet on It.

Online gambling was once thought to be dead.

Just six years ago, the domains of the world’s largest online poker platforms, Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Cereus were seized by the United States government for bank fraud and money laundering. ... Continue reading...

Markets

Philosophy and Strategy in Investing

In the investing world, investors are always trying to find an edge to beat the market. One of the fundamental ways many investors try to find this edge is by deciding between a growth investing strategy or a value investing... Continue reading...

Dartmouth Business Journal

Go Rent, Young Man!

Africa’s Millennial Are Globalizing a New African Narrative

The Failure of Venture Capital

The Hidden Benefits of the Pyeongchang Olympics

Bitcoin: How Did We Get Here?

Soccer Fees Soar

Progress Short of Postcards

K-Pop Boom

Will Cryptocurrencies Save Online Gambling? Don’t Bet on It.

Philosophy and Strategy in Investing

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