07

Nov

By Trevor Jones

All Posts, Sustainability, Technology

Nuclear Energy: The Bridge to a Cleaner Future

By: Trevor Jones When you read the headline of this article, what came to mind? Giant Simpsons-esque cooling towers looming over an indistinct grey building? People’s homes and lives crumbling away because of the Chernobyl disaster? Overly complex diagrams of atoms and blueprints of a maze of machinery? For as…

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07

Nov

By Anton Kozyrev

All Posts, Businesses, Industries, World

Shunned by the West, Huawei explores alternative paths

By: Anton Kozyrev With the ever-escalating trade war with the People’s Republic of China, crackdowns on Chinese companies and entities are on the rise. Technological behemoth Huawei Technologies is no different. Within the past year, many Western governments have declared Huawei an agent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and…

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02

Nov

By Rohan Upadhyay

All Posts, Opinion, Sustainability

4 Steps to Beat Climate Change

By: Rohan Upadhyay How to leverage the economy to fight climate change How do we beat climate change in a cost-efficient way? Addressing climate change is ethically correct. But people are concerned that jobs could be lost and the debt could grow from throwing lots of resources at the problem.…

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03

Oct

By Matthew Jean-Mary

All Posts, Opinion, Sustainability

The Sucky Word “Performative”

Blackstone has recently made a commitment to cut emissions by 15% on investments within the first 3 years of its purchase. For those who are not familiar with Blackstone, it is an investment firm and is one of the largest owners of real estate anywhere on the planet. Blackstone plans…

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03

Oct

By Gabriel Hinojosa

All Posts, Businesses, Finance, Industries

Robinhood Changing the Game for Young Traders

Stock trading was never really a young person’s game; in fact, stock trading was never free, at least not until now. The rise of the smart-phone and the digitization of our lives has changed everything from the way we shop to the way we trade stocks. Ten years ago, it…

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02

Oct

By Maxwell Qian

All Posts, Economy, Economy and Government

The Great Moderation: Why Monetary Policy Matters

During the 1970s, the United States suffered from double-digit inflation, rising unemployment, and bleak economic prospects.  Declining domestic industry and increasing global competition sowed the seeds of doubt in American minds and the OPEC oil embargo shook the economy to its core.  The crisis culminated in a period of stagflation,…

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19

Sep

By Gabriel Hinojosa

All Posts, Economy and Government, On Campus

Want a Student Loan? Now’s the Time!

The U.S. economy has drastically changed ever since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses shuttered, teleworking at an all time high, are all part of the “new normal” we are living through. The lack of economic growth has called for the Federal government to enact very low interest rates…

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19

Sep

By Matthew Jean-Mary

All Posts, Economy and Government, Opinion

Wage Violations are Shameful

There has been a drastic increase in worker violations since the onset of COVID-19. The American employer has responded by seemingly being passive with regards to the exploitation of their labor as times have become especially dire. There is no time to be prideful with fighting for their deserved liberties,…

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16

Sep

By Maxwell Qian

All Posts, Economy, Economy and Government

Why Does the Fed Target 2% Inflation?

Since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has maintained a target of 2 percent inflation for the US economy.  The target allows the Fed to perform its congressionally mandated jobs of maintaining price stability and maximum employment.  Before the 1970s, economists believed inflation and unemployment had a permanent negative correlation so…

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