Global Research and Consulting Group Insights (Page 10)

Development

Economic Impact of Japan’s Aging Population

Japan holds one of the world’s strongest economies. However, despite its present strength, the future of Japan’s economic health appears uncertain. Japan faces an unprecedented degree of population aging as more

Chaitanya Vankireddy

4 min read

Wharton

Repercussions of Counterfeit Medicine

Introduction According to the CDC, counterfeit medicines are manufactured with incorrect or dangerous ingredients while still packaged and labeled to look like the real medicine. While counterfeit drugs have been widely understood for

Chaitanya Vankireddy

11 min read

Brown

Taking the Trash Out of Orbit

Walt Whitman once wrote that “every cubic inch of space is a miracle”. Yet it seems that every cubic inch of space is becoming increasingly inhospitable, clogged with garbage from Earth. As the

Aden Littlewood

5 min read

Bitcoin is Taking the World by Storm, but is it Sustainable?

The infamous cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been in and out of the news for the past few years. Gaining initial mainstream media coverage through retail investor hype in 2017 and subsequently crashing to less

Amit Parmar

4 min read

Have we reached peak oil?

Is “peak oil” upon us? With the onset of the pandemic, the world came to a sudden stop. Factories churning goods, came to a standstill. Cars rolling down the street were forced to

Maanasa Guda

5 min read

The GameStop Frenzy: Where Finance meets Psychology

Imagine this - what if you could become a millionaire overnight? For Anthony, a schoolteacher who invested $100,000 into GameStop a month ago, that dream was just within reach, until he absolutely

Vanit Shah

7 min read

The Other Pandemic: McKinsey, Purdue, and the Opioid Crisis

America has been hit with far too many disasters in this past year, and there is yet another pandemic which is largely being ignored. In 2021’s first major case of corporate accountability,

Vanit Shah

6 min read

Berkeley

GRC Project Spotlight: Developing a Water Usage Credit System

Credit: Center for Resource Solutions. This article is part of a series called GRC Project Spotlights, where GRC project team members illustrate their experience on a GRC project and the skills they leveraged!

Sarah Dong

4 min read

Harvard

Unmasking the Impact of Covid-19 on Single-Use Plastic Consumption

Plastic usage has been on the rise with annual production now towering over 368 million metric tonnes, and single-use plastic (SUPs) production makes up approximately half of this huge figure (1). Despite a

Rachel Greenwood

3 min read

Brown

Bolivia’s Lithium Woes

In the future, lithium is king. As electric vehicles (EVs) force traditional gasoline cars out of America and the world’s garages, the price and profitability of lithium is expected to skyrocket in

Steven Long

4 min read

Global Health

The Social Implications on Health

In this podcast, we interview Atrik Patel, a sophomore studying Global Health Studies at Northwestern University. We cover issues such as inequity in healthcare, inaccessibility to proper care, racism and classism in treatment, and more.

Mujtaba Najeed

1 min read

Bio-Diversity

Artificial Islands threaten the Biodiversity in the South China Sea

Introduction For a few decades, China and other South Asian countries have been building artificial islands in the South China Sea. By building artificial islands, these countries are able to build military bases,

Vishesh Patel

4 min read

Impact Investing

A Reflection on The Rise of Social Investing

In this episode, we interview two Northwestern University about their views on social investing. We explore the attraction of the field, its recent rise, and much more.

Rohan Jain

1 min read