As the GOP has continually fought to develop a healthcare solution to replace the Affordable Care Act, new outlets and the upper blogosphere have become saturated with discussions of various possibilities and their implications. While the Affordable Care Act never
After Two Centuries, Malthusian Theory is Still Proven Wrong
For anyone studying the history of economic thought, the name “Thomas R. Malthus” often brings about mixed emotions. He is most well known for studying the relationship between the supply of food and human population, and was instrumental in progressing
Estate Taxes: Finding a Middle Ground
Estate and inheritance taxes have been widely disputed throughout history, and their position in American tax code has fluctuated dramatically since their introduction. Initially, the estate tax levied a 10 percent tax on estates larger than $5 million. That
Will a Border Wall “Make America Great Again”, or Not?
Over the past year, the debate over costs and benefits of President Trump’s border wall has continually grown more and more heated. According a report by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Americans oppose the wall, and only 35
Relationship Between Gross Domestic Income and Personal Expenditures for Alcohol Consumed Off-Premisis
For my project, I chose to evaluate the effect of Gross Domestic Income on personal consumption expenditures for alcoholic beverages purchased for off-site consumption between 1950 and 2015, at an annual frequency. Both data sets were set to an index