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Digital Disaster: Crypto and America’s Financial Future
March 2023 was one of the worst months for the banking industry in recent memory, and while much of the media coverage has focused on the...
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Apr 27, 20235 min read


Cutting Blank Checks
If the war in Ukraine can be said to have a silver lining, it is the bringing together of a nation once sharply divided along linguistic,...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Eye of the Storm: How the Fed’s Interest Rate Hikes Flood Developing Economies
Jerome Powell presses a button, and halfway across the world, a government buckles. There are a lot of steps in between, but that’s the...
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Apr 16, 20233 min read


Fighting for Food: UK Farmers After the Common Agricultural Policy
Since formally leaving the European Union (EU) in 2020, British farmers have been faced with a myriad of challenges. Issues with...
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Apr 16, 20235 min read


The Chaebol: A Curse in Disguise
Hailed as the “Miracle on the Han River,” South Korea’s rapid growth transformed the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world...
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Mar 26, 20235 min read


The New War Against Woke Capitalism
As the culture war wages on in American politics, conservatives have found a new target in the field of economics. Socially-responsible...
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Mar 25, 20235 min read


Monetary Policy, the Soft Landing, and the Economic Outlook From Here
An often-discussed term in macroeconomics, especially in the past year, has been the so-called “soft landing.” Any observers of American...
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Mar 12, 20234 min read


US Railroads Lag Behind the World in Railroad Electrification, and the Reason is Private Ownership
Railroads in the United States have avoided electrification, lagging behind much of the rest of the world. Consequently, American...
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Mar 7, 20234 min read


In a Divided Congress, Expand the Child Tax Credit
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, delivering $1.9 trillion to help the country recover from...
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Jan 8, 20236 min read


Beyond The Numbers: What GDP Can’t Tell You About Happiness
Since the industrial revolution, wealth has been used as a way to measure a country’s prosperity—income has been synonymous with...
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Dec 1, 20224 min read


The Global Rise of Quiet Quitting
It is no secret that the culture surrounding work has shifted in the wake of the Covid pandemic. The American labor shortage has occurred...
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Nov 21, 20224 min read


To Support All Working Americans, We Must Support Railroad Workers
In the early hours of September 15, 2022, the Biden administration closed a tentative deal between union negotiators and railroad...
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Nov 13, 20225 min read


The Jones Act: The Protectionist Relic Strangling the US Economy
After Hurricane Ian devastated large swaths of the island, Puerto Rico faces a colossal task: rebuilding its critical infrastructure and...
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Nov 7, 20224 min read


Thanks Chouinard, But This Won’t Solve Anything
Yvon Chouinard, the founder and CEO of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has recently announced that he will be giving away his $3...
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Nov 6, 20226 min read


The Facade of Worker Power
For the past two years, the nature of work in the United States changed drastically. From March 2021 to July 2022, at least 3.7 million...
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Oct 28, 20224 min read


The Housing Games
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building...
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Oct 26, 20225 min read


New Union on the Block? What Amazon Labor Union’s Success Might Mean for Unionization Nation-Wide
On April 1 2022, an Amazon facility in Staten Island became the first in the company’s history to vote in favor of unionization. Amazon...
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Jun 1, 20225 min read


The Meat Industry’s Hand in Food Labeling
When we enter a grocery store, we are immediately bombarded with all sorts of buzzwords: “cage-free,” “free range,” “sustainable,” “grass...
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May 24, 20225 min read


Ending Paternalism in Food Aid: The Case for Cash Benefits
Few public assistance programs in the United States have attracted as much political attention as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
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May 24, 20223 min read


When US Counterterrorism Means Theft
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on February 11 declaring that he intends to split $7 billion of Afghan money currently held...
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May 18, 20225 min read
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