Archive for the 'finance' Category
Mar
5
Blog Post#5: Citizen’s United
March 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment
The New Yorker Article gave insight, historical details, and background surrounding the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It was interesting to see that the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law, a law created so that politicians would have a more equal playing field, was overturned and created lots of controversy. Even with the McCain-Feingold law […]
Mar
2
Class 11 – Citizens United – Mohd Sakib
March 2, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Campaign financing has recently taken a front seat in political and social debates, as both the public and government have been questioning how money can influence politics. The issue of how corporations and super-PACs can affect everything from polls, to campaigns to even possibly swaying election results through monetary contributions has drawn much concern from […]
Feb
23
Income Inequality NY – Post #4 – Josh Hirth
February 23, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Today’s articles discussed income inequality in New York City. Although the numbers were truly troublesome, I don’t think they paint the whole picture of the situation. After reading the city-journal article they were put into perspective. I maintain that income inequality is a true problem, but it appears to be a side effect of capitalism. […]
Feb
5
Blog Post #3 Jake Greenberg
February 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment
I am yet to read Piketty’s, “Capital in the 21st Century” so I unfortunately can only go off of what I have heard and the four readings that attempt to summarize/interpret it. I am a big fan of Paul Krugman, however, so I put most of my focus on his feelings towards it. This is […]
