Archive for: debt

Enough with Austerity

Enough with Austerity

In the UK, the country I’ve called home for the past few months, we’ve now officially entered an unexpected double-dip recession. Like Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron inherited a huge debt. However, the British pound is much...

 

Embattled Eurozone

Embattled Eurozone

Simmering With Greece “Pass this Bill,” urged President Barack Obama, warning that the alternative to his jobs plan was a crisis that would resemble Europe’s. In Sarah Palin’s letter to her Political Action Committee, she stressed the...

 

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Debt

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Debt

On August 5, 2011, the credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s downgraded the status of the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+. Riots immediately broke out nationwide, Texas seceded from the Union, and California broke...

 

Apple Pie, Football…Debt?: A Debate with the WUPR Editor-in-Chief

Apple Pie, Football…Debt?: A Debate with the WUPR Editor-in-Chief

With the congressional deadline approaching to decrease the deficit by more than a trillion dollars, some still question if this imposed decrease is necessary. The deficit could be sustainable and may not even harm future generations. Yet, there...

 

Unemployment and Student Debt: Is College Worth its Cost?

Unemployment and Student Debt: Is College Worth its Cost?

The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a rosy picture for prospective college graduates. In 2010, while the federal unemployment rate averaged a discouraging 9.6%, unemployment figures fell to 5.4% and 1.9% for bachelor’s degree and...

 

Current Policy of the Federal Reserve

Current Policy of the Federal Reserve

The future of the world economy and quite possibly the fate of the galaxy rests on Ben Bernanke's shoulders. Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is perhaps the most powerful man in the United States right now. His decisions...