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Pumpkin Spice Economics

Isaiah Williams

Commentary
Pumpkin Spice Economics: Tariffs to Affect Pumpkin Spice Market
October 22, 2025
Global Economy
Pumpkin Spice Economics: Tariffs to Affect Pumpkin Spice Market
October 22, 2025
Global Economy
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October 22, 2025
Global Economy
Lifting Oil Sanctions is a False Dawn for Venezuela
March 27, 2025
Global Economy
Lifting Oil Sanctions is a False Dawn for Venezuela
March 27, 2025
Global Economy

The United States’ temporary reversal of sanctions towards the Maduro regime promises to bring forth democratic elections but will have little impact on anything other than oil prices.

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March 27, 2025
Global Economy
Economics of Sneaker Resale
March 4, 2025
Global Economy
Economics of Sneaker Resale
March 4, 2025
Global Economy

Reselling or Scalping?

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March 4, 2025
Global Economy
Terrorism in the Sahel region of Africa
February 11, 2025
Defense, Security, and Conflict
Terrorism in the Sahel region of Africa
February 11, 2025
Defense, Security, and Conflict

How a forgotten region became a global terrorism hotspot

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February 11, 2025
Defense, Security, and Conflict
The Man Who Conceptualized "Genocide"
January 16, 2025
Defense, Security, and Conflict
The Man Who Conceptualized "Genocide"
January 16, 2025
Defense, Security, and Conflict

Raphael Lemkin's question and legacy.

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January 16, 2025
Defense, Security, and Conflict
A United Fight Against Fentanyl in Texas
December 18, 2024
Healthcare and Public Health
A United Fight Against Fentanyl in Texas
December 18, 2024
Healthcare and Public Health

The United States’ temporary reversal of sanctions towards the Maduro regime promises to bring forth democratic elections but will have little impact on anything other than oil prices.

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December 18, 2024
Healthcare and Public Health
Understanding the State of Israel as a System
November 5, 2024
Defense, Security, and Conflict
Understanding the State of Israel as a System
November 5, 2024
Defense, Security, and Conflict

A failure to understand history creates a path to love for an oppressor.

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November 5, 2024
Defense, Security, and Conflict
A Forgotten Conflict: Violence in Kosovo Reemerges
October 16, 2024
Defense, Security, and Conflict
A Forgotten Conflict: Violence in Kosovo Reemerges
October 16, 2024
Defense, Security, and Conflict

As a shootout in Bansaja Monastery casts a renewed focus on relations between Kosovo and Serbia, we examine the events as they transpired and the present diplomatic situation.

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October 16, 2024
Defense, Security, and Conflict
Big Tech's Moral Dilemma in China
February 10, 2022
Technology and Innovation
Big Tech's Moral Dilemma in China
February 10, 2022
Technology and Innovation

Recently, a senior US state department official claimed that Big Tech companies may be complying with clandestine Chinese requests for user information held in Hong Kong. The allegation raises concerns over the handling of ethical issues by Western businesses and reflects China’s long-term plan for geographical expansion and control in the world.

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February 10, 2022
Technology and Innovation
The Next Warren Buffett: AI?
February 1, 2022
Technology and Innovation
The Next Warren Buffett: AI?
February 1, 2022
Technology and Innovation

Though there are denoted benefits AI in Finance, the long-term impact may end up leaving the world economy worse off. Ultimately, the decision of AI’s integration into finance will come down to the large institutional investors as well as the retail investors like you and me.

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February 1, 2022
Technology and Innovation
Xi's Taiwan Strategy: Breakthrough or Blunder?
August 4, 2021
Defense, Security, and Conflict
Xi's Taiwan Strategy: Breakthrough or Blunder?
August 4, 2021
Defense, Security, and Conflict

With tensions in the Taiwan Strait heating up, Beijing has increasingly flexed its muscles. But just how far is China willing to go to get its way, and is its approach even working?

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August 4, 2021
Defense, Security, and Conflict
The Power of Chinese Mobile Payment Platforms
October 23, 2020
Technology and Innovation
The Power of Chinese Mobile Payment Platforms
October 23, 2020
Technology and Innovation

If a foreigner went to China, they would be surprised by how difficult it is to pay for anything with cash with most restaurants no longer accepting paper bills and even beggars having moved on from physical money.

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October 23, 2020
Technology and Innovation
2020: A Year for Chinese Stock Exchanges
October 22, 2020
Global Economy
2020: A Year for Chinese Stock Exchanges
October 22, 2020
Global Economy

2020 has been a momentous year for the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong stock exchanges. So far, these Chinese exchanges have collectively raised $76 billion, 43% of the global total.

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October 22, 2020
Global Economy
U.S. Statue Removals Inspire Latin American Protestors
October 20, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
U.S. Statue Removals Inspire Latin American Protestors
October 20, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

The U.S. campaign to remove Confederate and other representations of white supremacy has inspired many Latin Americans to do the same to statues of conquistadors and early European explorers.

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October 20, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Latin America's Long Summer Break
October 15, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Latin America's Long Summer Break
October 15, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

Education has always been a way out of poverty. However, the pandemic has completely interrupted education, creating challenges for low-income students. Is there anything governments can do?

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October 15, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Biden’s Promising Policy towards Latin America
October 14, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Biden’s Promising Policy towards Latin America
October 14, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

If Biden were to be elected president, he is faced with the insurmountable task of restructuring the United States’ current relationship with the Latin America region.

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October 14, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Double the peso, double the trouble
October 13, 2020
Global Economy
Double the peso, double the trouble
October 13, 2020
Global Economy

Cuba's anomalous dual-currency system represents the radical fervor to fight for Communism.

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October 13, 2020
Global Economy
Using Machines to Complement Humans
October 13, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Using Machines to Complement Humans
October 13, 2020
Technology and Innovation

How can two seemingly opposites, humans and machines, work together to improve our healthcare?

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October 13, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Of Man Or Machine? Why Not Both?
October 9, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Of Man Or Machine? Why Not Both?
October 9, 2020
Technology and Innovation

A.I can help us prevent disease and live overall better lives. How?

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October 9, 2020
Technology and Innovation
When Fast Fashion Becomes Faster
October 8, 2020
Technology and Innovation
When Fast Fashion Becomes Faster
October 8, 2020
Technology and Innovation

Similar to the way fashion manufacturing was one of the first industries to be mechanized in the late 1800s, the industry has now become one of the first to become subject to the rise of automation.

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October 8, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Snipping Genes & Nobel Prize Queens
October 8, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Snipping Genes & Nobel Prize Queens
October 8, 2020
Technology and Innovation

Two scientists, France’s Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry today for discovering and developing a powerful tool, CRISPR-Cas9, for genome editing that has enabled relatively quick and easy modification of the building blocks of life and promises new drugs for a range of diseases.

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October 8, 2020
Technology and Innovation
You're Fired! Bring in the Robot!
October 7, 2020
Technology and Innovation
You're Fired! Bring in the Robot!
October 7, 2020
Technology and Innovation

Imagine walking into your nearest Amazon warehouse and realizing that it is devoid of people. Instead, you find robots, a lot of them, and that all the work is done by these intelligent machines.

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October 7, 2020
Technology and Innovation
The Illusion of China's Diplomatic Shrewdness
October 6, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
The Illusion of China's Diplomatic Shrewdness
October 6, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

China is so often seen as a cunning and forward-thinking global player in the West. But its true means of diplomatic engagement are far less thoughtful.

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October 6, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Dual Circulation: President Xi’s Trump Card
October 3, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Dual Circulation: President Xi’s Trump Card
October 3, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed the “dual circulation” initiative in response to heightened U.S.-China tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic. Will China ultimately be successful in implementing this long-term economic reform?

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October 3, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
China's Digital Currency and Yuan Internationalization
September 30, 2020
Global Economy
China's Digital Currency and Yuan Internationalization
September 30, 2020
Global Economy

The development of the DCEP has been partially driven by a desire to proliferate the Yuan into the international financial system.

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September 30, 2020
Global Economy
Chinese SOEs and International Debt Relief
September 29, 2020
Global Economy
Chinese SOEs and International Debt Relief
September 29, 2020
Global Economy

The G-20’s struggle to secure well-defined and quantified commitments from China to freeze low-income nation debt is of the same kind that fueled the United States’ volatile response to an ascendant TikTok, WeChat, and Huawei.

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September 29, 2020
Global Economy
WARNING! Bottled Poison; Minors Beware
September 25, 2020
Healthcare and Public Health
WARNING! Bottled Poison; Minors Beware
September 25, 2020
Healthcare and Public Health

Child obesity is a growing problem in Mexico. Many state legislatures have already passed or are considering a ban on the sale of junk food and soda to minors but there are varied reactions.

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September 25, 2020
Healthcare and Public Health
Latin America's Undemocratic Democracy
September 24, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Latin America's Undemocratic Democracy
September 24, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

Latin American countries claim to have a democracy, but what exactly does that mean? Their "democracy" verges on dictatorship, bringing about questions of how they got there and what they can do.

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September 24, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Latin America's Absence From the Global Stage
September 23, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Latin America's Absence From the Global Stage
September 23, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy

Is Latin America unable to make the great powers' mouths water? China has aligned itself with strategic partnerships in the region, but full commitments in the region are a thing of the past.

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September 23, 2020
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Physics in the World of Finance
September 20, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Physics in the World of Finance
September 20, 2020
Technology and Innovation

Exploring the cornerstone of Physics, Finance, and Computing

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September 20, 2020
Technology and Innovation
Research
U.S. Economic Statecraft and Latin America’s Strategic Diversification
July 31, 2026
Global Economy, International Affairs and Diplomacy
U.S. Economic Statecraft and Latin America’s Strategic Diversification
July 31, 2026
Global Economy, International Affairs and Diplomacy
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July 31, 2026
Global Economy, International Affairs and Diplomacy
GOATS or Scapegoats:Coaching Turnover’s Influence on Season Performance in Sports
July 31, 2026
Global Economy
GOATS or Scapegoats:Coaching Turnover’s Influence on Season Performance in Sports
July 31, 2026
Global Economy
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July 31, 2026
Global Economy
Does the Supreme Court of the United States Move Energy Markets?
July 31, 2026
Energy and Environment, Global Economy
Does the Supreme Court of the United States Move Energy Markets?
July 31, 2026
Energy and Environment, Global Economy
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July 31, 2026
Energy and Environment, Global Economy
Religious Dimensions & Sustainable Consumption: A Pilot Study of Christian Students at the University of Texas at Austin
July 31, 2026
Energy and Environment
Religious Dimensions & Sustainable Consumption: A Pilot Study of Christian Students at the University of Texas at Austin
July 31, 2026
Energy and Environment
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July 31, 2026
Energy and Environment
Designing the Nation: Schooling, Statecraft, and the Making of Public Purpose
January 12, 2026
Global Economy
Designing the Nation: Schooling, Statecraft, and the Making of Public Purpose
January 12, 2026
Global Economy
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January 12, 2026
Global Economy
The VAT Paradox: Can an "Unfair" Tax Actually Fight Inequality?
September 12, 2025
Global Economy
The VAT Paradox: Can an "Unfair" Tax Actually Fight Inequality?
September 12, 2025
Global Economy
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September 12, 2025
Global Economy
How does tourism activity impact housing prices in large urban areas?
January 15, 2024
Global Economy
How does tourism activity impact housing prices in large urban areas?
January 15, 2024
Global Economy
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January 15, 2024
Global Economy
Is China's Capital Drain a Ticking Time Bomb for Its Economy? A 5-Year Outlook
January 15, 2024
Global Economy, Energy and Environment, Technology and Innovation
Is China's Capital Drain a Ticking Time Bomb for Its Economy? A 5-Year Outlook
January 15, 2024
Global Economy, Energy and Environment, Technology and Innovation
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January 15, 2024
Global Economy, Energy and Environment, Technology and Innovation
Recontextualizing Settler Colonialism: A Review of Emerging Colonial Dynamics in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine
January 15, 2024
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Recontextualizing Settler Colonialism: A Review of Emerging Colonial Dynamics in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine
January 15, 2024
International Affairs and Diplomacy
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January 15, 2024
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Should the United States Implement a Policy of Universal Healthcare?
January 15, 2024
Healthcare and Public Health
Should the United States Implement a Policy of Universal Healthcare?
January 15, 2024
Healthcare and Public Health
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January 15, 2024
Healthcare and Public Health
The Future of Militarization and Foreign Policy Outcomes in Mali
August 13, 2023
Defense, Security, and Conflict
The Future of Militarization and Foreign Policy Outcomes in Mali
August 13, 2023
Defense, Security, and Conflict


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August 13, 2023
Defense, Security, and Conflict
Fall 2021 Whitepapers
April 22, 2022
Fall 2021 Whitepapers
April 22, 2022
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April 22, 2022
What will be the approval rating for Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the 2021 midterm elections?
May 16, 2021
International Affairs and Diplomacy
What will be the approval rating for Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the 2021 midterm elections?
May 16, 2021
International Affairs and Diplomacy

Team Latin America’s Spring 2021 Research Paper

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May 16, 2021
International Affairs and Diplomacy
Capturing Financial Gains in AI-Dense Industries with Exchange Traded Portfolios
January 6, 2021
Technology and Innovation
Capturing Financial Gains in AI-Dense Industries with Exchange Traded Portfolios
January 6, 2021
Technology and Innovation

Team AI’s Fall 2020 Research Paper

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January 6, 2021
Technology and Innovation
How will COVID-19 affect the size of Brazil’s informal labor market relative to its formal market?
January 4, 2021
How will COVID-19 affect the size of Brazil’s informal labor market relative to its formal market?
January 4, 2021

Team Latin America’s Fall 2020 Research Paper

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January 4, 2021
The Future of Foreign Direct Investment in China
January 2, 2021
Global Economy
The Future of Foreign Direct Investment in China
January 2, 2021
Global Economy

Team China’s Fall 2020 Research Paper

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January 2, 2021
Global Economy