The national debt currently stands at almost $25 trillion, with interest of $382 billion. However, it receives minimal attention. Since the 1960s, we have seen the number of federal programs increase dramatically, pushing the US further into debt. Th...
There’s no question about it: prescription drug costs in the United States are unaffordable for many Americans. So whose fault is it? Consumers and politicians generally place most of the blame on ‘Big Pharma,’ alleging that, as the entity resp...
Nord Stream 2 may well be the most controversial construction project in the world. The 1,200 kilometer pipeline, extending from Northwestern Russia to Northeastern Germany via the Baltic Sea, has alarmed European and American leaders alike. Critics ...
As of January 1st, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will officially become law. The CCPA will add to the existing patchwork of legislature that protects the privacy of American consumer data. Currently, US citizens’ privacy is prote...
As of January 1st, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will officially become law. The CCPA will add to the existing patchwork of legislature that protects the privacy of American consumer data. Currently, US citizens’ privacy is prote...
WeWork, once valued at $47 billion and touted as the future of modern workspaces, has been drastically reduced to a $5 billion valuation and is now in the middle of negotiations regarding a buyout with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank. Amidst the c...
WeWork, once valued at $47 billion and touted as the future of modern workspaces, has been drastically reduced to a $5 billion valuation and is now in the middle of negotiations regarding a buyout with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank. Amidst the c...
For the first 15 years of the 21st century, Democrats and Big Tech seemed to get along. There was something exciting and progressive about the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos that made them distinct from the Koch Brothers and Rupert Murdoch. ...
For the first 15 years of the 21st century, Democrats and Big Tech seemed to get along. There was something exciting and progressive about the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos that made them distinct from the Koch Brothers and Rupert Murdoch. ...
2008 is infamously known as the year the Great Recession began. The Great Recession was a period of global economic downturn from Q3-2008 to Q1-2009. The housing bubble burst, financial sectors collapsed, valuable assets were scarce, and countless Am...
2008 is infamously known as the year the Great Recession began. The Great Recession was a period of global economic downturn from Q3-2008 to Q1-2009. The housing bubble burst, financial sectors collapsed, valuable assets were scarce, and countless Am...
E-cigarette companies, which occupy a market valued at $11 billion, are now under fire for business malpractice as well as misleading and unscrupulous marketing. Much of the backlash has been targeted towards Juul, an e-cigarette company with a valua...
E-cigarette companies, which occupy a market valued at $11 billion, are now under fire for business malpractice as well as misleading and unscrupulous marketing. Much of the backlash has been targeted towards Juul, an e-cigarette company with a valua...
In modern capitalism, the rich getting richer has become a regrettable truism; nowhere is this undeniable truth more evident than in the United States’ current tax policy. From the late 20th century onward, overall tax rates on the richest 400 hous...
In modern capitalism, the rich getting richer has become a regrettable truism; nowhere is this undeniable truth more evident than in the United States’ current tax policy. From the late 20th century onward, overall tax rates on the richest 400 hous...
Previously unknown outside of NBA circles, the analytics-minded general manager of the Houston Rockets Daryl Morey became famous within minutes of tweeting out light support of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests on October 4. A country historically...
Previously unknown outside of NBA circles, the analytics-minded general manager of the Houston Rockets Daryl Morey became famous within minutes of tweeting out light support of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests on October 4. A country historically...
‘Enemy’ of the State, ‘bonehead’ and ‘pathetic’ sit among many other pleasant terms that President Trump has used to describe Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. While many view such aggressive comments as a departure from...
‘Enemy’ of the State, ‘bonehead’ and ‘pathetic’ sit among many other pleasant terms that President Trump has used to describe Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. While many view such aggressive comments as a departure from...
America’s energy sector and power grids are in crisis. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, United States energy infrastructure received a grade of D+. Power in the United States flows thro...
America’s energy sector and power grids are in crisis. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, United States energy infrastructure received a grade of D+. Power in the United States flows thro...
In the midst of the country’s perennial discourse on such policy issues as health care, climate change, and gun control, the question of reparations for slavery has emerged as an unlikely, hotly contested entrant into the contemporary political con...
In the midst of the country’s perennial discourse on such policy issues as health care, climate change, and gun control, the question of reparations for slavery has emerged as an unlikely, hotly contested entrant into the contemporary political con...
College affordability is widely recognized as a pervasive issue in dire need of a policy cure, as demonstrated by the fact that nearly every Democratic candidate for president has put forth plans focused on achieving free tuition in public colleges. ...
College affordability is widely recognized as a pervasive issue in dire need of a policy cure, as demonstrated by the fact that nearly every Democratic candidate for president has put forth plans focused on achieving free tuition in public colleges. ...
Buying a pizza, sharing an Uber, or buying concert tickets–the pinnacle of the mundane for college students–all make use of an astounding technological advancement: mobile banking. Mobile banking is already growing at an increasing rate in de...
Buying a pizza, sharing an Uber, or buying concert tickets–the pinnacle of the mundane for college students–all make use of an astounding technological advancement: mobile banking. Mobile banking is already growing at an increasing rate in de...