By Rachel Williams | Spring 2026 – Volume 16 Introduction The purpose of this study is to highlight the relationship between the poverty rate and the unemployment rate in the United States (U.S.) with hopes of shedding light on how changes in national unemployment rates are associated with changes in the poverty rate. The poverty …
By Luca Knych | Spring 2026 – Volume 16 Beginning on October 1st and lasting until November 12th, last year’s United States Government shutdown marked the longest in American history. As is always the case, the shutdown began due to Congress’s failure to pass the required 12 appropriation bills, which provide funding to the federal …
By Valery Vayserberg | Spring 2026 – Volume 16 “An economic fiasco!” One might say that when attempting to verbalize the true trials and tribulations of the international economy between World War I and World War II. “The most trying of times!” A German resident may exclaim, reaching into his pocket and grabbing 1 United …