Katherine Stevenson
Alumni (2020–21)
5 articles · since March 2020
The Film Industry on Pause
Economics / InvestingThe pandemic, as it has done to so many industries, has put in a pin in the production and distribution of movies and television shows, yet as so many people are forced to self isolate, the demand for content new and old has never been…
How the Coronavirus Is Infecting College Budgets
Economics / InvestingHigher education is a lucrative industry. Millions of students funnel billions of dollars into universities to not only attain an undergraduate degree but to also live the so-called “college experience.”
Profiting off of Prison Labor
BRB Shorts Economics / Investing“Factories with Fences” and “American Made” boasts UNICOR. Better known as the Federal Prison Industries program, UNICOR makes nearly half a billion dollars in net sales annually using prison labor, paying inmates between 23¢ to $1.15 per…
Mandatory Drafts and Entrepreneurship ‒ Startup Culture in Israel
Economics / InvestingIsrael, a small nation of less than 10 million people tucked in the western corner of the Middle East, has both the most venture capital per capita and the most startups per capita out of any other country in the world, thus being dubbed…
Chocolate’s Bitter Impacts on the Ivory Coast
BRB Shorts Economics / InvestingThe cacao bean, once thought a divine food by the Aztecs that imparted wisdom, is now considered by its farmers the curse of “brown gold.”
