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The Economic Questions Blog

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”

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