Towards the end of January 2021, there came stock market turbulence that caused the largest mass stock sell off since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was months of behind the scenes organizing on a subreddit platform that led to the economic fallout that devastated hedge funds. However, it is not the wins or […]
Tag: Economic Impact
No End in Sight for the Venezuela Stalemate
Over the past few years, the economic and political situation in Venezuela has gone from serious to cataclysmic. Under the lead of President Nicolás Maduro, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela seized nearly complete control of the country. They gutted the power of the opposition-led legislature by handing legislative authority to a “Constituent Assembly” elected […]
False Promises: Why Warren’s Healthcare Plan Would Create More Problems Than Solutions
The Democratic Party’s cry to battle these days seems to be Medicare for All. What was once deemed an extreme and far-left-of-mainstream idea from Bernie Sanders during the 2016 primary has turned into the centerpiece of many Democrats’ campaigns. Even the “moderates” of the race such as Biden and Buttigeig are promising plans such as […]
The United States… And Territories: America’s Paradise Lost
On October 13, one news headline stood out among the rest: “Trump says he spoke to U.S. Virgin Islands’ ‘president’ — which is him.” “Must’ve been a one-sided conversation,” one Twitter user noted. The Daily Show put out a video of Trump shaking hands with his “genetic replica.” This hilarity momentarily puts a spotlight on […]
To Fund or Not to Fund
How should society determine its priorities? Should government invest only in services that yield a quantifiable, measurable benefit? Or, should government also recognize the importance of things that, while gratifying to the soul, are not as clearly utilitarian? For decades, the arts have been lumped in with the second category. Museums, theaters, galleries, and other […]
The Refugee Opportunity
As President Trump’s revised travel ban (EO 13780) sits in limbo after being blocked by federal courts, human rights and refugee aid groups point to the particularly bad timing of the order’s 120-day suspension of the US Refugee Admissions Program, which is the largest refugee resettlement program in the world. The refugee crisis is at […]