Over the past decade, inequality has been recognized as one of the most important political problems of the 21st Century. In 2013, President Obama labeled the growing gap between the rich and poor “the defining challenge of our time.” The next year, French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century—an explanation of how the […]
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R/Wallstreetbets: Occupying the Virtual Wall Street
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 […]
The Election Effect
Every election year, the fate of the American people is up for grabs. Tensions run high, and nearly half of the nation is bound to be unsatisfied by the result. Uncertainty plagues the months leading up to the election, which are fraught with political jabs and increasingly quixotic promises by candidates hoping to win over […]
Carly Fiorina’s tenure at HP, in Perspective
“A problem solver, with the track record to prove it” reads one of the sections of Carly Fiorina’s official 2016 campaign website, the latter clause bolded, as if subliminally aware of the eyebrows being raised in response. The section’s side panel attempts to defend this assertion, postulating that, under Fiorina, HP had “doubled revenues,” “more […]