The Carbon Crunch
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be remembered as one of the few politicians to extend term limits in office, but pragmatism will be his ultimate legacy. If Mayor Bloomberg is the ideal pragmatist in politics then meet Dieter Helm, his counterpart in the climate change arena. Like Bloomberg who’s known to champion social […]
H&M: Fashion’s Human Rights Faux Pas
In the midst of a thick smog and blistering heat, they stand in huddled masses on overcrowded trucks. The young women, in groups of around 20 or 30, are on their way to a new day at work in the Kandal province, only a short trip from the heart of Phnom Penh. Noticeably in pain, […]
Bike Sharing the Benefits: An Evolution of Municipal Bike Sharing Programs
The winter cityscape of Boston is peppered with snow banks and heavy coats. The Hubway stations you see popping up overnight are a sure indicator that warmer weather is on the way. About to start its third season of operation, Hubway launched in the summer of 2011 as Boston’s first bike sharing program. Hubway may […]
A New View of Serving the People: Social Enterprise & Politics
Every four years we, as privileged citizens of the United States, get to participate in the world’s most highly publicized election. This cycle it was an HBO-worthy fight set up to determine how to best ‘serve the people’ as we continue to rebound from one of the worst economic collapses in our country’s history. In the […]
The Social Enterprise Institute Panel Presentation
The Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) wrapped up the semester with its final Lecture Series event of the year, a panel presentation by three individuals involved in impact investing. The event, titled “Investing for Impact”, incorporated perspectives from many different areas of social finance and explored the breadth of innovation tackling extreme poverty and progressing global […]
Third Time’s A Charm?
On September 13, 2012 the Federal Reserve Board of Governors announced their newest foray into monetary policy: Quantitative Easing Three (more commonly referred to as QE3). Benjamin Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, announced that the Fed would enact the policy starting immediately, and that this current round of Quantitative Easing would last until […]
A New Deal for a New Era: Michael Grunwald’s Retelling of the Stimulus
What happened to the stimulus? Once heralded as the greatest early victory of the Obama administration, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has become a topic that the administration has no urge to discuss. This seems like a natural response to a policy that has failed, or at least failed according to the […]
An Interview With Elizabeth Warren
Recently, NU Political Review Domestic Editor Sean Comi and Deputy Domestic Editor Mike Leyba had the opportunity to interview Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren. The following interview took place over two days, via phone and on Northeastern’s campus. Professor Warren begins by filling us in on what her campaign has been doing on college campuses. EW: […]
Summers versus Mankiw: How to Recover the Economy
Northeastern’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs is hosting an Open Classrooms series on “Policy Advice to the President.” The series is in debate format, two experts in a specific field give separate responses to a posed question, and field questions from the audience. Commencing the season’s series was Larry Summers and Greg Mankiw, […]