As much as we may want them to, algorithms don’t think. The algorithm that compiles Facebook’s ‘Year In Review’ photo albums wasn’t thinking when a father’s “great year” included photographs of his recently deceased daughter. Algorithms don’t think when they are approving credit cards, counting votes, or determining financial aid. We rarely realize how much … Read more
Silicon Valley and its host of enigmatic billionaires love to deride the U.S. government as a slow-moving, inefficient quagmire, incapable of producing real results. In turn, the public sector has criticized Silicon Valley for being out of touch with ordinary people, dreaming too big, and putting profit before principle. However, once you cut past the … Read more
Most introductory economics students know that markets naturally tend towards equilibrium. In their homework, these students also have likely been told to assume that there is no government interference in the economy in question. This simplifying classroom assumption is one that some argue should extend to our understanding of actual markets in the United States. … Read more
Senator Gary Peters is the junior U.S. Senator from Michigan. He serves on the Joint Economic Committee; Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Harvard Political Review: Historically, the automobile manufacturing sector has been an important industry to the economy in Michigan. As a federal … Read more
Upon grabbing a banana from any grocery store, you will most likely find Chiquita Brand’s familiar blue sticker. Though this universal indicator of Chiquita may bring you a sense of comfort in your piece of fruit, perhaps instead it should push you away. One of the first scandals involving Chiquita Brands, then the United Fruit … Read more
A few summers ago, my father and I lived briefly at the Rift Valley Children’s Village in Tanzania’s Karatu District. India Howell, an American woman, and Peter Leon Mmassy, a Tanzanian man, founded the Children’s Village in 2004 as a permanent home for orphaned and other marginalized children. Tanzanian law requires non-citizens to live in the … Read more
War is often thought of as a foreign concept, one that does not ever reach American soil. But, there is a constant battle that America’s youth in destitution must face – violence. This violence exists as a duality – organized due to gangs and yet chaotic because not all violence is gang-related. Naturally, the American … Read more
TOMS is a brand popularized for its laceless shoes, and more recently it has released several new models and a pricey line of sunglasses. For every pair of shoes purchased, another pair is donated to women and children in need. For this, TOMS has received ample praise, gaining popularity for its innovative, impact-oriented brand that … Read more
HPR’s Multimedia Team presents the first edition of HPR Talk, the official podcast of and behind-the-scenes look at the nation’s premier undergraduate political quarterly. In this episode, we interview a few writers about their articles that appear in our Spring 2017 magazine, “The Police State.”
Twenty-two years after the fall of apartheid, South Africa conceals a harsh reality: the country’s political elite is beginning to forget its promise that, as the country’s post-apartheid 1996 constitution guaranteed, “never again” would state-sanctioned violence against its people be witnessed. Despite the institutional achievements of the Mandela administration, including a strong constitution and government … Read more