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The New York Times article on how Technology could help fight income inequality was quite interesting to read but with all it’s predictions and speculations, I am still skeptical on the validity and accuracy of these predictions as there does not seem to be much evidence to support them. Maybe it is just me but […]

Recent trends in the entrepreneurship field are discussed within the Center for an Urban Culture article. The article mentions how New York City is currently in the middle of a “golden age” of entrepreneurship. Many individuals are deciding to open new businesses and employ themselves despite the incredible hardship one must endure in order to […]

The NYT article titled “How Technology Could Help Fight Income Inequality” discusses the possibility of the market itself, without political involvement, reversing itself to become more equal, by using technology as its catalyst. I immediately took to this argument because allowing the free market to make decisions, in my opinion, is the best course of […]

Fracking is a very controversial topic with many pros and cons.  On one side, it’s said to create new job opportunities and on the other, it creates a hazard to the environment. Are these jobs really beneficial to these communities or are we just making excuses to earn short-term profit? Surrounding neighborhoods are most affected […]

The first article from Mother Jones presents an interesting new perspective on the notion of fracking. It attempts to point out the positive side affects of the process by displaying the apparent increases in economic activity and economic booms in areas where the practice has become prevalent. Specifically it measures the increase in economic and […]

I’d never considered the cost of health care. I’d always taken it for granted. For me, going to the doctor simply meant me and my doctor. It didn’t occur to me the finances and politics involved. Reading these articles brought these two elements and a myriad of other things into my view. The Patient Protection […]

The NYT article titled, Obama Health Law: Who it helped most, gave me an interesting perspective on something that hasn’t been really talked about. It discussed whom the law helped the most. According to their findings the law helped the people who seemingly needed it most, blacks, Hispanics, and people who live in rural America. […]

Class 18: Affordable Care Act – Bless or Curse? It is hard to simply determine whether President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as positive or negative. The extent of the effects of the Affordable Care Act depends on the group of people in questions. Depending on one’s current health care statues, the act can cause both […]

Class 17: Workers In Harm’s Way – The “Evil” Side of Large Companies. While we focus on the issue of income inequality, the low income that worker receives is not nearly the only issue that they are having today. It is important that we should assist the low income workers raise their earnings to a […]

The Forbes article discusses the FED’s intention to raise interest rates. This past week FED chair Janet Yellen (vaguely) discussed the FED’s plan going forward. Bottom line, as the title alludes to, it is 100% a question of time not a question of if. The FED cannot justify artificial manipulation of the markets by changing […]

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