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
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
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
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
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