Autonomy is to act on your own without being controlled by any other influence. Autonomy is to have self-governance, and to have the liberty for free choice. One could classify it as a synonym for freedom. I have heard people use autonomy as an argument for why sex work shouldn’t be legal, because they […]
When we think about the challenges we face in recovery, the most obvious one is probably staying sober and resisting the temptation to use again. There are some additional, unseen challenges that we might not be aware of if we haven’t experienced them firsthand. These difficulties can be so overwhelming and disheartening that they deplete […]
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Get startedThe community of disabled workers is an overlooked labor resource. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, a disabled worker is ‘a person who: has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major activities; has a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an impairment.’; mental illness, […]
Currently our economy is facing problems, the implementation of an increase wage rate would boost the U.S economy and help Americans who can’t earn a steady income. Over time this would increase labor productivity. Right now it is crucial so that American workers can be paid a sustainably rate hourly. The term minimum wage was […]
The economics behind raising the minimum wage in the United States are largely misunderstood. Increases in minimum wage prove to increase unemployment among unskilled workers, leading to a survival-of-the-fittest labor market, where only the most skilled and desirable workers retain their jobs. Those justifying raising the minimum wage need to realize there are innumerable people […]
Discussion about what to do with minimum wage laws here in America has been at a higher than normal level since the Democratic Party took over as majority leader in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the recent midterm elections, giving them control of Congress. There has also been talk on what […]
Impoverishment throughout the United States of America has affected many. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2017, the official poverty rate was 12.3 percent (“What is the Current Poverty Rate in The United States”.) With such an alarming and high number of poverty, what did Congress propose to the people? In order to fight […]
The Great Depression was the most extended and severe recession in the Western world. It lasted from 1929 to 1939 and began after the stock market crash of 1929, the crash sent panic throughout all of Wall Street and wiped out millions of investors. This caused consumer spending and investment to drop, which led to […]
Before the Great Depression, the idea that government should use its fiscal policy to moderate the business cycle was far from the focus of political and economic debate. In the past, the government borrowed during wartime as wars were very expensive. Borrowings were large relative to the size of the economy and a balanced budget […]
College is the best investment you can make in your life. A college education provides you a better hourly wage or salary, it overall makes it more likely to be employed and gives you more flexibility when it comes to finding a job. Even with the tuition cost and fear of wasting time, college is […]
Japan impacts the USA vastly. Being the US’s 4th largest supplier of goods, it generates about $136.5 billion dollars of the USA’s goods (“Japan”). The United States has a large dependency on Japanese products. For example, automotive goods and high-technological electronic goods are a big component of Japanese products that the United States depends on. […]
One of Marx’s key predictions about capitalism is that the surplus population would grow in a sense that there would be more unemployment and/or underemployment. Another one of his key predictions about capitalism is that poverty would grow. The prediction that the surplus population would grow fits in with the contemporary world because even though […]
During these flourishing times in the 90’s, American companies heavily invest in steel and oil. These companies started to merge. Steel and oil mergers like those, around the late 90’s, created the great oil and steel corporations we have today. By 1997, a record number of mergers involving American companies took place as larger companies […]
All through the United States and among various countries in the world, the discussion of minimum wages has been a subject of debate as some argue that they’re not aiding our economy to wards improvement, but rather affects it as according to the sources, minimum wages in crease unemployment. Nonetheless, there are other that counterattack […]
There exists a force, controlled by politicians, that can impact the American economy and way of life for all. This possibly devastating effect can be caused by the raising of the minimum wage. In my Visual Argument, I took a stance showing the negative impacts of raising minimum wage. Some of these negatives include: impressive […]
The coronavirus has been disastrous for the world. It has been a trying time for America, especially. Not only has the nation struggled with health, loss, and death but also with the economy. This pandemic has changed the practice of everyday economy in households all over the country and the macroeconomics of the nation. However, […]
