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Student Letters

This page of Lake Forest Letters features student writing. All students of economics, at Lake Forest College and elsewhere, are invited to submit short opinion pieces for publication, of up to 1500 words with a central focus of economic interest.

Submissions are reviewed and edited by S. Aneeqa Aqeel.

NFL Salaries & the Salary Cap

by Ryan Bullock - Class of 2017

In the 2013 Season, one of the most recently concluded seasons at the time of this writing, the NFL grossed $9.58 billion, with each team receiving about $299.4 million.
Hope for the Chinese Economy Amidst Recent Struggles

Ian Schappe - Class of 2016

China’s explosive growth over the past decades has stumbled recently, leading many economists and policy makers to wonder whether China can sustain its status as an economic powerhouse into the future.
Reduction of Medical Waste through Value Based Care Organizations

by Arsh Shah - Class of 2017

Healthcare spending continues to be a massive expense in our country; one that is proven to be an economic toxin if money is not spent carefully.
Abenomics

by Joseph Allen - Class of 2016

For more than two decades Japan’s economy has been in a state of stagnation.

Revisit the public lecture given by Professor Miles Kimball (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) at Lake Forest College on September 1st, 2015 - on how to battle inflation and recessions with electronic money!