Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images The effect of refuting international trade deals has its own set of benefits and drawbacks no matter how they are viewed. It is always difficult to quantify the correlation between economic and …... Read More →
Published on February 7th, 2017 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images The nuclear option is a complex procedure, used in times of duress, during which the ruling of the chair may be confirmed by a simple majority vote. It lays the opponents’ appeal on the …... Read More →
Published on February 6th, 2017 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images Credit card surcharges are synonymous with cash discounts. However, eleven states, including Texas, prohibit passing credit card surcharges onto consumers as a way to cover the merchant fees associated with credit card payments. …... Read More →
Published on January 13th, 2017 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images Earlier this month during a victory rally through Des Moines, president-elect Donald Trump laid out the economic plan for his administration: buy American and hire American. Throughout a campaign fraught with …... Read More →
Published on December 20th, 2016 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images Since the credit crisis in 2008, several bills have been passed to modify the financial system and instill safeguards like the Dodd-Frank Act. But despite persistent pushback from academics, an aspect of …... Read More →
Published on December 6th, 2016 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images Last week, Congress drafted the final version of the annual defense policy bill after months of negotiations over provisions. One of the provisions that was considered and ultimately rejected in the House version of the …... Read More →
Published on November 28th, 2016 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images The criteria for deeming a news story “fake” is arbitrary and ranging from articles sponsored by private interests to coverage of events that have never occurred. I believe the prevalence of these meritless stories …... Read More →
Published on November 14th, 2016 | by Nick Bell
Facebook’s Free Basics application, formerly known as Internet.org, is the product of a partnership with six other companies. ... Read More →
Published on November 10th, 2016 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images In October 1970, Title 21 of Controlled Substance Act was put into effect and established what would be the legal criteria for classifying substances for the next half a century. There are …... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2016 | by Nick Bell
Embed from Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission levied the largest civil penalty ever on a cable company, Comcast, no less than a month ago for their “negative option billing” practices. Comcast blamed the negative option billing …... Read More →
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