Cyprus: An Outlook on the Eurozone

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Background on the Eurozone Crisis

When the concept of a central currency was introduced to the European Union, EU leaders had an optimistic outlook and disregarded the potential risks. The initial results were positive. Investor confidence in the member nation Continue reading…

The (Unusually) Long Road to Recovery

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Recoveries after recessions in the past have been speedy, but the great recession’s recovery has bucked this trend. A variety of factors came together to make this comeback particularly tricky.

Although the colloquial definition of an economic recession is Continue reading…

Hot Pizza and Sour Grapes: How the Hostility Towards the Employer Mandate is All Wrong

Monday, April 15, 2013

        Once again, a pizza man came to the forefront of the nation’s debate over Obamacare’s employer mandate.  With the requirement for large businesses to provide affordable health care to their employees being rolled out in 2014, Continue reading…

A Closer look at Political Campaigns: Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District

Monday, April 15, 2013

There was no shortage of hotly contested political races in the 2012 election. Ranging from the historic presidential election down to the regional races, the 2012 political campaigns certainly had their hands full.

Of the handful of battleground states that Continue reading…

What Facebook Can Do in a Small Town: the Case of Morano Gelato

Monday, April 15, 2013

         The growth of Facebook has often been associated with the increasing connectivity of people all over the world, bringing into contact those who could never before be part of the same network. New York Times columnist Continue reading…

Project 7: A New Model for Non-profits

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

If you’ve shopped at a Wal-Mart or Target recently, you might have noticed the purple packs of gum made by a company called Project 7 as you were checking out. Had you bought one of these packs, you would have Continue reading…

Government Incentives: Boom or Bust?

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The Oregon state legislature recently held a special session to discuss methods to appease Nike Inc., a powerful corporate citizen that is expanding its operations in the U.S. but has threatened to move out of Oregon. Nike would like to Continue reading…

Foreign Aid: Championed and Villified

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Peter Bauer, a prominent developmental economist, argued “there would be no concept of the Third World at all were it not for the invention of foreign aid”[1]. He opposed the idea that development aid could provide the capital needed to Continue reading…

The South Korean Education System

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S3 is now the choice that many consumers are facing these days.

On one hand you have the iPhone: a sleek, refined product of American innovation, a phone touted by enthusiastic techies and laymen as Continue reading…

How to Learn More

Monday, November 26, 2012

Albert Einstein once mocked, “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”

One might think that education, above all else, would embrace and benefit from new methodologies and technologies. But this has not been my experience. Why Continue reading…