Tag: economy
Oct. 12, 2012
Why gas prices continue to rise
The driving season in the United States, which seasonally pushes gasoline prices higher, is long behind us, but the average national price for gasoline on…
Aug. 17, 2012
QE3 on horizon for US economy
Douglas Hammond For those who are logic-minded, the current state of the world can, unfortunately, be seen as a function of Europe. The age…
Apr. 6, 2012
Senior named Carnegie Junior Fellow
Nevena Bosnic, a senior economics major, was selected March 9 as a 2012-13 Carnegie Junior Fellow in the International Economics program of the Carnegie Endowment…
Oct. 21, 2011
Obama’s shell game destroys the middle class
Robert Zaller A lot of people have wondered why President Barack Obama chose to expend political capital in his first year in office by…
Sep. 30, 2011
European recession may spread
Shawkat Hammoudeh Fears of a developing sovereign debt crisis in Europe started in late 2009, but the situation became particularly tense in early 2010.…
Jul. 29, 2011
U.S. solution to debt not feasible
Shawkat Hammoudeh The United States suffered from a financial crisis in 2008 that spread to the real economy and became a global crisis. Research has…
May. 20, 2011
The Onion staff offers up laughs
If you haven’t heard of the highly acclaimed satirical newspaper The Onion, you’ve probably been living under a rock. The Onion, founded in 1988 at…
