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Putin’s Pipeline: The Dangers of Nord Stream 2
Nord Stream 2 may well be the most controversial construction project in the world. The 1,200 kilometer pipeline, extending from...
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Apr 8, 20204 min read


Private Equity or Bust: The Demise of America’s Favorite Retailers Explained?
The private equity (PE) industry has faced its fair share of public scrutiny over the years. However, recent high-profile PE acquisitions...
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Apr 8, 20203 min read


The Huawei Question: The U.S. Campaign Against the Booming Chinese Tech Giant
Chinese technology and telecommunication company Huawei is a rising giant in the global marketplace. However, China is increasingly...
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Mar 2, 20206 min read


Vouching Against School Vouchers
In today’s divisive sociopolitical climate, the subsidization of private education in the United States has become yet another polarized,...
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Mar 1, 20205 min read


The Departure of the Homeowner from the American Dream
Home ownership has always characterized the American Dream. Suburban two-story houses with long driveways and perfectly manicured lawns...
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Jan 29, 20205 min read


Prescription Drug Prices are Too High and Big Pharma Knows it
In the United States, “one out of every four patients reports not filling a prescription today for themselves or a family member due to...
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Jan 22, 20205 min read


Bad Billionaires: How Dems Demonize Wealth Going into 2020
In late November, Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and billionaire, paid at least $30 million for a week’s worth of...
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Jan 8, 20206 min read


Supreme’s Pioneering Model
A red box logo with white, bold lettering characterizes the ever so iconic Supreme brand. Established in April 1994 as skatewear, Supreme...
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Jan 8, 20204 min read


Wage Theft: Addressing Corporate Crime in the Workplace
Wage theft is a corrosive workplace pandemic. Simply put, the issue of wage theft refers to means by which employers fail to pay their...
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Jan 8, 20205 min read


The Rise and (Hopeful) Demise of Fast Fashion
Americans can’t stop buying clothes: the average consumer today purchases almost three times as many garments as their mid-century...
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Jan 8, 20206 min read


How Sacramento Became More Effective Than Washington DC
As of January 1st, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will officially become law. The CCPA will add to the existing...
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Dec 21, 20196 min read


WeWork and Cults of Personality within the Haphazard Start-Up
WeWork, once valued at $47 billion and touted as the future of modern workspaces, has been drastically reduced to a $5 billion valuation...
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Dec 21, 20196 min read


American Big Tech Will Not Protect You
For the first 15 years of the 21st century, Democrats and Big Tech seemed to get along. There was something exciting and progressive...
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Nov 20, 20195 min read


Green Energy: Insurance for a Future Recession?
2008 is infamously known as the year the Great Recession began. The Great Recession was a period of global economic downturn from Q3-2008...
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Nov 20, 20194 min read


America’s Vaping Problem
E-cigarette companies, which occupy a market valued at $11 billion, are now under fire for business malpractice as well as misleading and...
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Nov 15, 20195 min read


The Fallacy and Persistence of “Trickle-Down Economics”
In modern capitalism, the rich getting richer has become a regrettable truism; nowhere is this undeniable truth more evident than in the...
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Nov 15, 20196 min read


Adam Silver and the Slippery Slope of NBA Exceptionalism
Previously unknown outside of NBA circles, the analytics-minded general manager of the Houston Rockets Daryl Morey became famous within...
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Nov 15, 20195 min read


Presidential Overreach: Within and Beyond the Law
‘Enemy’ of the State, ‘bonehead’ and ‘pathetic’ sit among many other pleasant terms that President Trump has used to describe Jerome...
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Nov 15, 20195 min read


America’s Power Problem
America’s energy sector and power grids are in crisis. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2017 Infrastructure...
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Nov 15, 20196 min read


The Viability of “Baby Bonds” on the Road to Reparations
In the midst of the country’s perennial discourse on such policy issues as health care, climate change, and gun control, the question of...
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Oct 31, 20195 min read
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