Government
Who Will Pay for Paris?
In a landmark deal at the Paris Climate Conference this past December all 195 countries in attendance came to a legally binding agreement for global action to avoid dangerous climate change. The key goal that all consented to is to... Continue reading...
Financing a New Path for Higher Education in the United States
In the thick of 2015, as the Republican Presidential nominees came out of the woodwork, our country has been able to witness many interesting personalities and – more importantly – ideas make their way into the political foray. While the... Continue reading...
The Pharmaceutical Price Gouging Dilemma
Drugs play a critical role in our daily lives – they can be used to reduce pain, regulate bodily processes, and even mitigate metastasizing of cancer. Since pharmaceutical drugs are essential to the health of American citizens, the public reacts... Continue reading...
The American Disadvantage: Corporate Tax
American corporations should be complaining about their taxes. The United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world – a 39 percent combined state and federal rate, and the highest statutory corporate tax rate among all OECD... Continue reading...
New Hampshire’s Minimum Wage
By the number of research papers published, the minimum wage is the most hotly debated topic in American labor economics. In 2015, over 20 states will increase their minimum wage to a level above the federal minimum wage. New Hampshire... Continue reading...
Inside the Treasury Department’s Financial War on Terror
Five hundred million dollars is a modest valuation of how much the terror group ISIS is estimated to be worth. ISIS, short for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has captured news headlines and shocked the world by seizing... Continue reading...
Minimum Wage 2.0
Seattle’s 2015 introduction of a $15 minimum wage from what was previously $9.19 reignited a national debate over income inequality. For the first time in recent memory, full-time workers earning the legal minimum wage can rely on their wages alone... Continue reading...
Analyzing the Controversy over the Volcker Rule
This article was featured on the DBJ Instablog on Seeking Alpha.
As the United States economy struggled to avoid complete collapse in the height of the financial meltdown, leading players in the regulatory arena, as well as those in ... Continue reading...
Keystone XL and the Near Future of Crude Oil
This article was featured on the DBJ Instablog on Seeking Alpha.
Congress recently passed a bill confirming, for the first time that “climate change is real and not a hoax”. With that out of the way, America can officially ... Continue reading...
The Federal Reserve Needs to be Patient
The Federal Reserve has adapted a new stance on monetary policy: patience. With the federal funds rate at the zero lower bound since 2006, the Fed’s policy-setting committee, the FOMC, has delicately approached the idea of beginning to raise rates.... Continue reading...
