Category: Journal
What are Bitcoins?
On this past week’s broadcast/podcast of The Motley Experience on WRSU, the topic of Bitcoins was discussed. The use of bitcoins has been highlighted in the news recently and will most likely continue to do so due the controversy surrounding the subject. To ensure…
Raising the Minimum Wage
There has been quite a lot of chatter recently concerning a raise in the minimum wage. Discussion has increased since President Obama’s State of the Union Address this past Tuesday, where he called for a raise in the minimum wage to $10.10 (the current…
China vs Japan: A Story of Nationalism and Old Rivalries
Anyone following world events will have noticed that there continues to be a growing tension in East Asia. The conflict predominantly stems from the rivalry between China and Japan; a rivalry that has stretched back centuries. Recent headlines concerning the conflict are centered on…
Is East Asia Stoking the Fire Towards Major Global Conflict?
Conflict in East Asia, specifically between China and Japan, continues to escalate. A major focus of the conflict seems to be territorial disputes over a small chain of island, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Japan bought the the privately held islands…
Memorandum for Proposed Action to Revitalize the US Economy
Problem Statement The United States economy has shown positive growth since the Great Recession. Despite the positive overall trends, the economy is still sluggish. The fact remains that unemployment is still plaguing middle and lower class demographics and is leading to weaker-than-preferable economic activity…
What is ‘Fracking’
I read a BBC.com article on ‘fracking’ in the US. More specifically, this article discusses a new $20 billion project to open an export terminal in Louisiana where extracted natural gas will be shipped abroad. To give a brief overview, when the terminal was…
Growing Tensions with China
While perusing the Financial Times over the past few days, I have come across several articles concerning rising issues with China. The most common theme among these articles was the growing amount of cyber theft that US officials have traced back to China. Other…
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