Mike Patton

markets [4]. The study team is under contract to present an initial impact for the city of Seattle in mid-2016 and plans to analyze the effects in connection to the minimum wage increases on January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2017. It is evident the claim Patton and other analysts are trying to convey is represented by inaccurate data from the analysis done by the University of Washington study team. The effects from the initial minimum wage increase are nearly undetectable as it is early on in the…

Christopher Chestnut Instructor Mike Dale Macroeconomics 210 1/10/2014 Obamacare The Patient Protection and Affordable Act, better as “Obamacare,” is a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. health and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010. The effectiveness of Obamacare has been a central topic of debate amongst politicians from both sides, as well as economics. We shall take a deeper look into the positives and negatives of the Patient…

is fair to argue that should California become an independent country, it stands to access three core benefits. The first one is not to pay federal debts. Evidence drawn from figures availed by Mike Patton, the U.S. debt is nearing $20 trillion at a time when the country’s GDP stands at $29 trillion (Patton 1). While the internationally recognized safe public debt rate is 60% of a country’s GDP, the US debt rate has been more than 80% of the country’s GDP (Trading Economics 1). Figure 1 shows…

Increasing Minimum Wage Being young in this generation, of course I’ve had a job since my age would allow me, starting at 7.95 an hour. Then it so happens a few months later it was raised about fifteen cents. Since I was between the ages 16-17, I thought I was making a decent amount of money. I mean I was still living under the same roof with my mother, and my father is really active in my life. I didn’t really a job, but I always wanted a job, to have a sense of independence. When you’re an…

Attending college may be difficult if a person with little money to spare. In the article “The Cost of College: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” published by Forbes, and written by Mike Patton talks about the cost of college and its rising prices over the years. Patton writes, “The average annual cost of tuition and fees at a public university for the 2014-15 school year was $9,139 for an in-state student and $22,598 for out-of-state students. The average cost of a private…

From the source, “America’s First Godfather,” Mike Dash talks about how the culture effected the mafia in Sicily. He first started talking about how Morello’s story was not known around the world yet. So, he explained how Morello set up crime in New York in the 1900’s. Mr. Morello was well operated before the mafia was even a big deal to screenwriters. Morello ended up getting imprisoned, then murdered. Mike Dash then goes on to talk about the culture of Sicily, where Morello had lived, had…

Richard Foreman Richard Foreman was born on June 10th 1937 in New York City. Richard Foreman is an American playwright, artistic director and avant-garde pioneer. Foreman is considered be one of the most influential figures in American Drama and is known as the “Godfather” of the American Avant-Garde. Foreman creates works in the Avant-Garde performance movement, now largely known to post-dramatic theater. Foreman went to school at Brown University and became interested in film and…

American politician Cory Booker once stated, “Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example” (Booker 1). It is what a leader does and how they chose to lead that defines them rather than the letters CEO printed on their name-badge. A leader is someone with courage; someone who believes when everyone else has given up; someone who keeps moving forward despite the unending obstacles set in their path. It is leaders like these that we look for to manage organizations, businesses…

It is Crucial For the United States To Help Syrian Refugees What if you woke everyday in fear that your family would be dead or you would be dead. You woke up hungry starving and hoping for an end to such a horrific Civil War. You woke up thinking why am I in such a horrible war when I have done nothing. You are stuck in the deepest darkest part of the world and can’t get out. 4 million innocent refugees are stuck in that deepest darkest part of of the world. They are helpless living in an…

is well-known for his performance as a former American professional basketball player by young and old generations. Children all over have grown up watching Michael Jordan with his incredible basketball skills and even using his slogan of “Be like Mike” in basketball games they play of their own. Jordan has won several awards for his performance on the basketball court and has set many records that are still unbeaten. Michael Jordan’s most popular endorsement was Nike Air Jordan tennis shoes,…