Economy of the United States

Perhaps one of the most widely debated topics, in recent years, is the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The completion of the project has been done in multiple phases and one of the last phases scheduled to be completed is the phase 4 extension. This extension would create a pipeline that would trek, around 2000 miles, from Alberta Canada to the gulf coast of Texas (Friends of the Earth). Since the pipeline would cross international borders, approval from congress would be necessary in…

Benefits of Increased Cigarette Tax With the increased politicization of the united states, there has been a renewed emphasis on discussions of taxes and public health. Americans have high demands on lowering taxes, but once it comes to taxes on cigarettes opinions vary. There have been many arguments when it comes to the tax on cigarettes stating that the tax would make the American economy suffer with lowering the demand on cigarettes due to the high prices, making the poor suffer due to use…

the current economic state our government is in the next president is expected to raise the growth of our economy. New York 's wrote an article mentioning, “The American economy moved into a higher gear last quarter, expanding at an annual rate of 2.9 percent and riding continued strength among consumers and a better performance in global trade.” The economy still has an ample amount of growth ahead of it. However, the idea is to move forward. Immigration into the United States has had a few…

The Truth behind the Business Strategy of Outsourcing The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, admired by other countries because of its strategic level of productivity and consumerism. To maintained the United States high demand, the country must adopt and develop new innovations in order to compete with other markets. Because the goal of most businesses is to create profit, the United States is one of the main countries to take their business to cheaper markets with…

Reinvigorating NASA with more money will inspire kids in classrooms all around the United States. They will look up to the heroes who were able to step foot on a different planet. Equivalently, to students who grew up in the late 60’s and 70’s when the US first landed on the moon. Scott Grillo (2011) comments in a USA Today piece about how fortunate he is being a kid during the time of the Apollo programs. He explains how inspiring it was seeing the frontier of possible be pushed, and how it…

Work in modern America has its positive and negative impacts. Work in America has helped increase the United States economy and globalization. However, Work in modern America has also had its negative impacts in todays United States economy and American workers. Some of the positive impacts of work in modern America includes increase in service industry, high demands for labor workers, globalization, trade unions, mass production of modern technology, job opportunities due to the advancement…

In the workplace wage inequality is something that has been around for a very long time and has been changing very fast. The workforce in the United States of America and Canada had a big change during the start of World War 2 because most of the men were being sent off to the war effort. The American and Canadian governments started encouraging corporations to hire women to fill the available job spots. Women were now doing the same jobs that men had been doing for many years to help with the…

Opposing Argument • Greater Competition for Scarce Resources Proponents of globalization argue that the spread of prosperity is better for the world economy as a whole. That sounds great and rosy, but the truth of the matter is that prosperity of the global economy may come at the expense of prosperity of the national economy. In this sense, globalization is bad for the U.S. because it hurts domestic economic interests. Martin Wolf covers some of the main points of the disadvantages of…

the United States are considered part of the wealthy class which is defined as making above $250,000 per year (Francis). The American Dream is defined as "the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American and a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the United States” (Definition of American Dream). The key to understanding this definition is the phrase “sought by individuals in the United…

Where there was a world full of hate, the NFL found its way to the top. Because of this, it was able to produce an economic strong point for the United States and produce organizations to help communities. The NFL affects the entire world through its support of society’s youth and becoming ubiquitous. The NFL has become the most popular sport in the United…