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The 1980s were particularly glorious years for the United States. Jimmy Carter had just lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan, and “the Gipper” was set to govern the great fifty states. The once hollywood actor , turned sports commentator was determined to stimulate the american economy, and that he did. Throughout his eight years in office, Reagan took strides to simplify legislation and push the American economy to heights it had never seen before, which by 1989 he had accomplished. While…

I’ll admit that coming from an Indian background, I did feel that there were expectations for me to choose a career in the science field. I applied for college as a mathematics major because I knew I was good at it, but thought it would be too boring for me so I switched to business. Halfway through the summer before freshman year, I decided I wanted to become a journalism major because business seemed too rigid too. The moment I signed off on the major declaration form, anxiety swept over me…

will strengthen the domestic crude oil industry. The US foreign policy will strengthen Helima Croft, global head of commodities strategy at RBC Capital Markets, who has also worked as a senior economic analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency told CNBC, “After 9/11, we were very concerned in the US government with access to energy in places like Nigeria, because we never thought we’d have US production. So we can have a different foreign policy relationship with these governments than we…

reduced childcare. Abusing any of these services could ruin them for future use of those who need than most. People living off unemployment should still be looking for work. Citizens living off unemployment have less motivation to find work. Data from CNBC shows,"Of the total, 55 percent who were unemployed for more than two years fell into the category"(Cox). Over the course of two years over half of people that live off unemployment quit looking for work altogether. However, some argue that…

Pear Assignment 1 The book Cocktail Party Economics by Eveline J. Adomait and Richard G. Maranta uses real life situations and analogies to discuss big economic ideas. These ideas help us understand the prices people have to pay for goods and services. Economic terms such as scarcity, exchange, value, opportunity cost and production allow us to understand the three larger concepts which are supply, demand and equilibrium. The quote “Life is simple, work (real), get paid (money), buy stuff…

The U.S. Education System is Failing In school kids sit down, listen, and our told what they are supposed to do, and are rewarded for it, in today's world people cannot get very far from listening to institutions. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag express how people are not being taught how to think, they are being taught what to think. This relates to modern day education because, the way school is run it requires no talking, no planning out your own schedule, your not going by your time your going by…

"Legalizing Marijuana Would Generate Billions In Additional Tax Revenue Annually." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 20 Apr. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2017. "Legalization Will Reduce Crime, Free Up Police Resources." CNBC. CNBC, 20 Apr. 2011. Web. 26 Apr. 2017. . Newman, Tony, and Tamar Todd. "Marijuana Legalization in Washington State: One-Year Status Report." Drug Policy Alliance. Drug Policy, 06 July 2015. Web. 26 Apr. 2017. . Ferner, Matt. "Legalizing Medical…

pros and cons. The biggest pro is that there isn 't one giant national system that could be hacked at once (unlike, for example, Estonia’s centralized system). The con is that there may be less-secure systems that could be individually attacked.” (CNBC, 2016) The system is extremely vulnerable due to the age and design, but since the system is so segregated from state to state the overall impact is greatly reduced and much easier to identify by a vigilant security team. A system with a common…

merger company, The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC). It is a merge between Kraft Foods Group (Kraft) and H.J. Heinz Company (Heinz). This merger will make them the third largest Food and Beverage Company in the North America and fifth in the world (CNBC, 2015). The H.J. Heinz Company was founded in 1869 by Henry John Heinz with its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is one of the world’s largest food producers which aim to produce affordable, convenient and healthy foods. Heinz is…

Hawaii residents live in poverty.” Home - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL, 13 Sept. 2016 “10 Benefits of Budgeting Your Money.” Budgeting Income, 15 Apr. 2017 Elkins, Kathleen. “Here's how millennials spend their money, compared to their parents.” CNBC, CNBC, 30 June 2017 Filed in Data By Steve Henderson on November 3, 2016. “Spending Habits by Generation.” Spending Habits by Generation | U.S. Department of Labor Blog “7 Simple Ways You Can Fight to End Poverty.” The Borgen Project, 16 Mar.…