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The Economic Questions Blog

(Formerly known as The Minskys Blog)

Students in the Levy Graduate Programs started The Economic Questions blog to make out-of-the-box economics accessible to everyone. Their mission is to pursue the truthful economic understanding that is required to achieve a more equitable, stable, and prosperous future.

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2022 Theses

Nischal Dhungel, M.S. "Gender Inequalities in the Allocation of Time to Household Production in Nepal"
Justin Fiume, M.S. "Passive-Aggressive Intervention: The Impact of Mandated Paid Parental Leave on Childcare Labor"
Joshua Fohner, M.A. "Some Causes, Common Fears, and the Economic Impact of Immigration from Latin America on the US"
Simon Grothe, M.S. "A Stock-Flow Consistent Model of Income Inequality: The Destabilizing Effects of the German Labor Market on the EMU"
Angelica Huerta Ojeda, M.S. "Parallel State Currency: A Mechanism to Expand Sovereignty for Countries with Foreign Debt and Trade Deficits"
Sulayman Jaiteh, M.A. "Term Structure of Equity: Analysis for the Case of European Stocks"
Jordan Myers, M.A. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and its Effects on the Primary and Secondary Mortgage Markets in the US"
Jonathan Raefski, M.A. "The Community Reinvestment Act: Reimagined"
Bethuel-Ange Yebouet, M.S. "The Effect of the SMCCF Announcement and Purchase on Eligible Transportation Sector Bonds"

2021 Theses

Ian Bowen, M.S. "The Costs and Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States: Accounting for Policy Heterogeneity and Endogeneity"
Daniel Haim, M.S. "A Job Guarantee Proposal for Austria: Public Policy for Full Employment and the Reduction of Poverty and Inequality"
Lukas Klatke, M.S. "Adressing the Homelessness Crisis in the United States of America"
Thien Jason Nguyen, M.A. "Measuring the Well-Being of Economies Beyond Gross Domestic Product"
Giuliana Scanni, M.S. "The Great Recession vs The Covid-19 Pandemic: Unemployment and Implications for Public Policy"
Sid Subramani, M.S. "Transitioning From the LIBOR"

2020 Theses

Barkin Cihanli, M.S. "Political Economy of the 1999 Banking Crisis in North Cyprus : A Sovereignty Approach"
Esteban Rivera, M.S. "Investigating Discrimination in Major League Baseball: Not So Perfect Competition"
Marokey Sawo, M.S. "Time and Consumption Poverty among Mainland Tanzanian Children: Material Conditions to Secure Stated Rights"
Sean Turlan, M.S. "The Social and Economic Inequalities of the Continuing HIV Epidemic: Challenges to the NYC DOHMH 'End the Epidemic' Program"
Alex Williams, M.S. "Intragovernmental Autonomous Stabilizers"

2019 Theses

Tamim Ephrem Akiki, M.S. "Leveraging Environmental Reserve Assets to Achieve a Sustainable Environment"
Jordan Fanelli, M.S. "Aspects of Institutional Finance in Sustainable Development"
John Flynn, M.S. "Financial Innovation and the Implications for Monetary Policy and Portfolio Hedging"
Harrison J. Karlewicz, M.S. "Growth and Sectoral Development: A Stock-Flow-Consistent Model of the Effects of Trade Liberalization in Ghana"
George Kiss, M.S. "The Role of Money Market Mutual Funds in the Shadow Banking Sector Since the 2010 & 2014 SEC Reforms"
Simon Simoski, M.S. "A Keynesian Exploration of the Determinants of Government Bond Yields for Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico"
Oleksandr Valchyshen, M.S. "Evolution of US-Dollar-Centric International Money Markets and Pro-Cyclicality of Basel III Liquidity Framework"

2018 Theses

Stephanie Attar, M.S. "The Oppressive Nexus of Socioeconomic Status and Gender in Egyptian Society: A Marxist Exposition"
Megan L. Brodzik, M.S. "Is More Money the Answer? The Effect of Educational Funding on High Stakes Exams in New York City"
Athullya Biju Gopi, M.S. "The Economic Case for Housing First"
Rhett J. Maiorana, M.S. "Evaluating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Its Effects on Reducing Poverty, 2012–16"
Cosku Mihci, M.S. "The Effect of Oil Crises on Economies of COMECON/CMEA Member Countries, a Five-country Study: CSSR, GDR, Hungary, Poland and USSR"

2017 Theses

Remington Barrett, M.S. “Reconciling Keynes’ Macroeconomic Stabilization with Sound Finance: Three Models of Sovereign Capital Budgeting”
Daniella Medina, M.S. “Wealth Poverty at Social Intersections: Differential Access and Accumulation”
Neethi Dwitiya, M.S. “Employment and Economic Wellbeing of Single Female-headed Households”
Oscar Valdes-Viera, M.S. “Remittance Securitization as an Alternative Source of Finance for Cuba”
Heske van Doornen, M.S. "Grants: Band-Aids on a Bullet Wound"
Shuhao Zhang, M.S. “Decomposition of Sexual Orientation Wage Gap in Massachusetts and Alabama from 2001 to 2015”

2016 Theses

Christopher Dunne, M.S. “The Canadian Housing Market”
Carlos Maciel, M.S. “Job Creation and Environmental Sustainability: A Framework for the Implementation of a Green Job Guarantee in the United States”
Vitor Arêas Pereira Mello, M.S. “The Brazilian Burden: The Recent Economic Crisis and Remaining Structural Problems”
Lara Merling, M.S. “It’s Not Just The Euro, It’s The EU”
Mariamawit Fantahun Tadesse, M.S. “Carbon Trading, Sustainable Development and Financial Fragility”
Brad Voracek, M.S. “Employ Young Americans Now: Beyond Education”