By Rachel Williams | Spring 2026 – Volume 16 Introduction The purpose of this study is to highlight the relationshipbetween the poverty rate and the unemployment rate inthe United States (U.S.) with hopes of shedding light onhow changes in national unemployment rates areassociated with changes in the poverty rate. The povertyrate represents the share of …
By Luca Knych | Spring 2026 – Volume 16 Beginning on October 1st and lasting until November12th, last year’s United States Government shutdownmarked the longest in American history. As is always thecase, the shutdown began due to Congress’s failure to passthe required 12 appropriation bills, which provide fundingto the federal government by the start of …
By Valery Vayserberg | Spring 2026 – Volume 16 “An economic fiasco!” One might say that whenattempting to verbalize the true trials and tribulationsof the international economy between World War I andWorld War II. “The most trying of times!” A Germanresident may exclaim, reaching into his pocket andgrabbing 1 United States dollar only to realize …