02

Feb

By Anna Song

All Posts, Analysis, Economy, Finance, Industries, Worldcoffee, economy, finance, global, song

The Rise of the Coffee Futures Price: What Happened?

Photo taken by Anna Song In the past month, the coffee C Price has experienced a dramatic increase from over $2/lb to over $3/lb. The current C price of over $3/lb has reached a historical high over the past 13 years. What is the C Price and what happened with…

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13

Nov

By Corey Lochan

All Posts, Analysis, Economy, Nashville, Worlddevelopment, disaster, economic growth, lochan, nashville

Natural Disasters: A Drain in the Most Crucial Regions of Economic Development

CHUYN via iStockPhoto As hurricane season approaches its end following historic destruction in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, it is more important than ever to pay attention to the economic disasters that can accompany them. Natural disasters have devastating effects, and with climate change exacerbating the strength and frequency of…

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30

Sep

By Anna Song

All Posts, Features, Nashville, Worldcafe, coffee, culture, nashville, song

Cafés: Comparison of Paris and Nashville Coffee Drinking Culture

Photo taken by Anna Song: A café in the Marais in January. (Figure 1) Nashville, as a developing city, is home to various specialty coffee shops such as Crema Coffee Roasters and Barista Parlor. While studying at Vanderbilt and living in the city of Nashville, I started to interact more…

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24

Jan

By Anna Song

All Posts, Features, Worldchina, chinese, shanghai, song, tea, teahouse

New Chinese Style Tea House: A Pathway from Tradition to the Public?

Anna Song Photo By Anna Song This past summer, I returned to China and encountered a type of tea house called “Xin Zhong Shi (新中式),” which literally translates to “New Chinese Style.” I landed in Shanghai, a city that embodies a richer coffee culture rather than tea culture. However, there…

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12

Nov

By Claire Chen

All Posts, Economy, Opinion, Worldauthoritarianism, chen, development, economy, freedom, sen

Authoritarian Success Stories? Evaluating Amartya Sen’s “Development as Freedom” in the Unfree World

iStock photo by imaginima (2021) By: Claire Chen Amartya Sen’s “Development as Freedom” examines a provocative question posed by authoritarian governments and their sympathizers: does economic development truly necessitate liberal political values, especially in today’s developing world? Such a question becomes especially interesting in the context of Asia’s rapidly industrializing…

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10

Sep

By Claire Chen

All Posts, Economy, Economy and Government, Features, Finance, Worldbanking, business, economics, economy

The Populist Revival of the Islamic Banking Movement

iStock Photo By Claire Chen Islamic banking is on the rise. Recent estimates suggest that the industry can expect a 10 percent growth rate over the next year, part of its broader transformation from a niche cultural product to a mainstream commodity part of the broader ethical finance movement. A…

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19

Apr

By Yinghan Du

All Posts, Economy, Economy and Government, Features, World

Interview on Economic Status and Agricultural Sector of Argentina

By Yinghan Du Professor Ana Regina Andrade is a Principal Senior Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University. Her academic interest is developmental economics and the Latin American economy. Professor Andrade, and a team of graduate students, visited Argentina for an economic field trip in the…

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16

Apr

By Anton Kozyrev

All Posts, Analysis, Industries, Technology, World

From Traditional Medicine to Digital Health: How China is Transforming Healthcare

(image: iStock) By Anton Kozyrev In January of 2023, fresh demographic data from the People’s Republic of China caused a stir. For the first time in 60 years, China’s population had experienced a contraction, with its 2022 population falling by 850,000 from that of 2021. While the phenomenon of deaths…

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30

Mar

By Claire Chen

All Posts, Finance, Finance and Business Insight, World

Fund No Harm: Stopping the Financing of Unlawful Organizations

By Claire Chen iStock Photo by Andrii Yalanskyi (2019) Vanderbilt’s latest Greek-life controversy saw the suspension of Sigma Chi due to “accountability issues.” Though this explanation provides little insight into the fraternity’s inner workings, to say nothing of the timeline for potential reintegration into campus life, the consequences of the…

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