Business & Economics
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The Middle Class is Shrinking: Why Does it Matter?
The middle-class is no longer the majority of the country.
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An Over-Supply of Underpriced Oil: Explaining the New Energy Crisis
Why is oil so cheap?
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Uber, Airbnb: Is the “Sharing Economy” Dangerous?
Lax regulations could spell out big problems for consumers and workers.
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A Tale of Two Barbies: Did Mattel’s Labor Law Violations Fly Under the Radar?
A look at the labor violations no one is talking about.
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What’s Going on With the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership and why is it so important?
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Why is the IP Rights Chapter Receiving So Much Criticism?
Why are people concerned with the TPP's Intellectual Property chapter?
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Gentrification: What is it Doing to Our Urban Centers?
What's going on in our cities?
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Seventy-Seven Cents: The Statistics on Wage Discrimination
What is behind the gap?
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Riding the Wave: The Tumultuous Global Stock Market
What's going on with the global stock market?
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A Crack in the Great Wall: Chinese Stock Market Takes a Tumble
How will it affect China and the world economy?
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Is Amazon’s New Self-Publishing Pay-By-Page Policy Good For Writers?
How much money can writers make when paid by the number of pages read?
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The USPS Deficit Crisis: What’s the Plan?
How will the latest plan to save the USPS affect you?
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Use PayPal’s Bill Me Later? You Might Get a Refund Due to Shady Practices
The PayPal credit card controversy has set many users on edge.
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Fatal Amtrak Derailment Casts Light on a Forgotten American Industry
Is it still safe to travel by train in the United States?
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California Workers’ Compensation: A Flawed System?
The workers compensation system receives a lot of bad press, particularly in California over gender bias.
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The Changing Dynamics of the American Middle Class
The American middle class is changing rapidly. Learn about the reasons why.
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The High Cost of Falling Oil Prices
The price you pay at the pump has dropped precipitously, but there are some steep consequences.
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Bitcoin: What’s Next?
Bitcoin has grown into a major player in techno-currency, but what's up next for the digital coin?
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The Alibaba IPO: What Does Going Public Mean?
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba recently made major headlines when it decided to go public.
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Debating Minimum Wage in America
The minimum wage was first created to ensure that workers are protected from being underpaid for their work; however,...
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The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Six Years Later
TARP was authorized by Congress through the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), and is overseen by the...
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Millennials and Personal Finance: A Lost Generation?
Here’s what you need to know about Millennials, their approach to personal finance, and what it means for their...
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Uber: Not Your Typical Taxi
Uber is revolutionizing the personal transportation industry, but it isn't without its critics. Find out everything you need to...
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What You Need to Know Now About the GM Recall
Car companies rarely make headlines for things that hey have done right, and General Motors is no exception. GM...
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No Strings Attached: Replacing Welfare With a Guaranteed Income
Since President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, there has been a debate on how to best give the poorest...
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Municipal Bankruptcy: The Steps, Scope, and Consequences
The once-thriving Motor City now stands as a collection of vacant lots, unused industrial sites, and abandoned homes–the poster...
