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The Confluence Journal
The Confluence Journal is an international student journal of social sciences and current affairs, featuring articles and interviews on politics, economics, and more.
Strap a Rocket to the Horse
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist looks back on the circuit that stood in for an atom and tells students to keep doing their own problem sets in the age of AI.
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26 articles and interviews on quantum computing, global politics, money, education, and much more.
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A Demand-Side Disguise
Canada, India, and Britain all cut the cost of borrowing to make homes more affordable, yet the article shows why cheap money cannot fix a shortage of homes.
Issue 5
Shame, Reconsidered
Shaming works because even Trump and Xi pretend to respect human rights, says a former head of Human Rights Watch, who wants allies held to the same standards.
Issue 4
Why Your Phone Signal Won a Nobel Prize
A Nobel prize winner describes how his team ran a $19.8 billion spectrum auction and why changing a market's rules changes what people do.
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A journal written and edited by students.
The Confluence is a student-run journal on current affairs and the social sciences, covering politics, economics, philosophy, and more. Written by students from around the world, its name comes from a confluence, where rivers meet, much like the subjects and perspectives that come together in our articles.
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