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Why the United States Should Compensate Live Organ Donors

As of January 2016, 121,678 people are waiting for life saving organs.  In the United States, the average person will wait anywhere from three to five years to receive a lifesaving organ, depending on their blood type (Organ Donation and

Alexis Flow May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

Keynes: Why gains earned from financial markets should be taxed

“The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent and indissoluble, like marriage, except by reason of death or other grave cause, might be a useful remedy

Alexis Flow April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

Why Keeping NAFTA Benefits the US in the Long Run

In today’s political arena, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has come under heavy fire more so today than ever before.  NAFTA has been in effect for over twenty three years and is a treaty that was entered into

Alexis Flow March 22, 2017March 21, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

How Being Single Could Decrease Income Inequality

In the United States today, income inequality is at an all-time high with the top 1% of the population holding more than 50% of all wealth within the United States.  It should come as no shock then, that the United

Alexis Flow March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

Does being rich mean you smoke more?

After doing research on different goods, I decided to examine the relationship between cigarette consumption and disposable personal income.  For my model, I gathered data on real disposable personal income per capita from FRED and cigarette consumption per capita from

Alexis Flow February 15, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

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