Silicon Valley and its host of enigmatic billionaires love to deride the U.S. government as a slow-moving, inefficient quagmire, incapable of producing real results. In turn, the public sector has criticized Silicon Valley for being out of touch with ordinary people, dreaming too big, and putting profit before principle. However, once you cut past the … Read more
Most introductory economics students know that markets naturally tend towards equilibrium. In their homework, these students also have likely been told to assume that there is no government interference in the economy in question. This simplifying classroom assumption is one that some argue should extend to our understanding of actual markets in the United States. … Read more
Senator Gary Peters is the junior U.S. Senator from Michigan. He serves on the Joint Economic Committee; Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and Committee of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Harvard Political Review: Historically, the automobile manufacturing sector has been an important industry to the economy in Michigan. As a federal … Read more
Upon grabbing a banana from any grocery store, you will most likely find Chiquita Brand’s familiar blue sticker. Though this universal indicator of Chiquita may bring you a sense of comfort in your piece of fruit, perhaps instead it should push you away. One of the first scandals involving Chiquita Brands, then the United Fruit … Read more
A few summers ago, my father and I lived briefly at the Rift Valley Children’s Village in Tanzania’s Karatu District. India Howell, an American woman, and Peter Leon Mmassy, a Tanzanian man, founded the Children’s Village in 2004 as a permanent home for orphaned and other marginalized children. Tanzanian law requires non-citizens to live in the … Read more