The Future of Financial Regulation and the Role of Politics
Julian Shuttleworth During the 2008 financial crisis, after bankers intentionally created “garbage-quality housing loans” and sold them on to investors…
Economics
Why Is Childcare So Expensive?
Teagan Angell President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan includes a wide array of progressive programs, such as the implementation of…
Where should our eyes be looking right now? Venezuela: a crucial and important geopolitical risk of the last decade.
Santiago Vidal If I ask you what topic you think has the most significant probability of igniting an international political…
Op-Ed: Time to Consider Logging
Brian Inguanti Historically, logging has been unpopular among environmentalists. When viewing pictures of the decimated Amazon rainforest, you cannot help…
Political Brinkmanship: The Fight Over the Debt Ceiling
The United States’ national debt recently exceeded $28 trillion. This is a number that has grown rapidly in…
The Architects of Dystopia: Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
Collin Billings In recent years, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have used their respective companies to push the boundaries of…
The Debt and Deficit Still Matter
John Hogan Twenty-eight trillion dollars. That is the latest estimate of the U.S. federal debt, and there’s no sign of…
Women have been disproportionately harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s why and what we can do about it.
Sophia Maier The mother has always needed to be Superwoman — her tasks so great and so demanding that they…
Amazon and Union Busting
On Friday, April 9, Alabaman Amazon employees voted against forming a union ending the most significant labor movement…