Top 5 Poli-Sci/Econ Books
Garry Canepa Political science and economics, when studied together, explores the relationship between governments and markets. Basically, the functioning of the world.
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A Nation in Debt: How We Got Here and Where To Go
Garry Canepa While difficult to imagine at present, for decades after WWI the US was the world’s largest creditor nation, running balanced budgets,
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Wal-Marts, Chinese Restaurants and Creative Destruction
Garry Canepa Based on Donald Trump’s election victory, American’s attitudes towards global trade have truly soured. The rhetoric now, as it had been
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The Skills Gap Myth
Garry Canepa Long-term unemployment can have devastating consequences. It’s bad enough when a worker loses their job, but it’s often permanently destructive when
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How the Rise of Trump Happened: Ideology Versus Interests
Garry Canepa After Mitt Romney’s defeat in the 2012 elections, Republicans had an existential crisis and were deeply considering a fundamental change of
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The Future of Self-Driving Cars
Dhruv Kumar Self driving cars seem like something from the future but they are much closer to becoming part of daily life than
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Why the World Needs Sweatshops
Garry Canepa A dark facet of the global economy which makes many Western shoppers queasy is the process behind how products are made.
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Income Inequality: What’s Fueling the Divide?
In 1955, economist Simon Kuznets pioneered a hypothesis attempting to explain the trend of income distribution through what is known as the “Kuznets
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What’s Wrong With Trade?
Garry Canepa There are several hot button issues being discussed in this election which presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have distinctly
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Teaching Economics to 6th Graders: Implications for The Communication of Monetary Policy
Emily Weis Last semester a group of Northeastern University Economics Society members taught a 10 week, after school class titled, “How much does
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