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The Fed’s Elephant
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with...
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Jul 15, 20132 min read


The Monsanto Dilemma
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside...
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Jul 15, 20136 min read


Are Unpaid Internships Illegal?
If you’re in college and you’re reading this, you probably know someone with an unpaid internship this summer. You might even have one...
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Jul 12, 20133 min read


The Three C’s
Walking into MetroMart on Thayer, I pick up my third iPhone charger of the semester. I’m a forgetful person usually, and iPhone chargers...
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May 15, 20134 min read


Money for Peace?
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of...
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May 11, 20137 min read


Getting a Raise
There was an ominous silence after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finished asking Dr. Arindrajit Dube her question. “If we started in 1960...
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May 4, 20136 min read


Hiking the Gas Tax: A Story of Federal Failures
In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package...
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Apr 11, 20133 min read


Budget Deal Is Not As Impossible As You Think, Not As Likely As You Hope
There’s a saying that claims that if both sides of a debate are unhappy with you, you must be doing something right. President Obama, in...
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Apr 8, 20133 min read


Why the GOP Should Support Thomas Perez
Despite the GOP’s established understanding of itself as a party with some serious diversity issues, Republicans are already coming out...
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Mar 28, 20132 min read


Solving Climate Change, Conservatively
Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, spoke to members of the Brown community Tuesday about climate change....
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Mar 22, 20132 min read


The Politics of Macklemore
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation...
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Mar 16, 20134 min read


Yesterday’s Science Fiction is Today’s Robotic Reality
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once...
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Mar 14, 20133 min read


Tax the (Right) Rich
When it comes to taxes, the left is risking reform for rhetoric. by David Kaufman The echoes of Occupy Wall Street’s chants for...
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Mar 12, 20136 min read


The Tyranny of the Markets over Washington
Sequestration – the series of automatic spending cuts that went into effect March 1 – came not with a bang but a whimper. The Obama...
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Mar 11, 20134 min read


A Big Waste of Time
The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s...
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Mar 5, 20132 min read


The Sequester, NASA, and the Corporate Universe
With the sequester looming, news outlets, TV pundits, and bloggers are all abuzz about immediate issues Americans may face as a result...
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Feb 28, 20133 min read


The No Good, Very Bad Sequester
The sequester, as you’ve probably heard, is happening March 1. What is the sequester? To use a (somewhat unfortunate) metaphor, the...
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Feb 25, 20133 min read


Anything But A Triumph: How the Cruise Industry Undermines America
Since last week’s Carnival Triumph debacle, Carnival Corp., owner of the cruise line, has had a lot of explaining to do. Concerned...
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Feb 21, 20133 min read


The Paul Ryan Story and Opportunity in Washington
I’d like to take a moment to examine one of the most interesting (to me at least) political figures to appear in awhile: Wisconsin...
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Feb 19, 20133 min read


The Postal Service’s Problems Are Our Problems
The US Postal Service is what’s wrong with America. I should clarify: the USPS is a microcosm of many of the issues currently confronting...
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Feb 7, 20133 min read
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