Corruption

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Helping with the Mess: The Federal Reserve’s Efforts

Paul Minassian October 7, 2015

The Federal Reserve chose once again not to… References and FootnotesYlan Mui, "Donald Trump Just Had Some Pretty Interesting Things to Say about the Economy," Washington Post, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩"Sanders Statement on Fed Leaving Interest Rates Unchanged," Bernie Sanders Press Release, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩ Bernie Becker, "Americans Prefer Small Business to Big," TheHill, July 6, 2015, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩"Small Business/Large Business Relationships," Inc.com, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩

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Misguided Aid

Christopher Law August 19, 2015

The United States, being a powerful and strong… References and FootnotesMichael Warren, "Obama: Reallocate Defense Resources to Foreign Aid," February 19, 2015, accessed August 17, 2015, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-reallocate-defense-resources-foreign-aid_845409.html. ↩“Ron Paul: Foreign Aid Takes Money From Poor In U.S., Given To Rich,” accessed August 16, 2015, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/18/ron_paul_foreign_aid_takes_money_from_poor_in_us_given_to_rich.html. ↩"U.S. National Debt Clock: Real Time," accessed August 17, 2015, http://www.usdebtclock.org ↩ Charles Abugre, "Why Foreign Aid Is Important for Africa," CNN, August 13, 2010, accessed August 16, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/13/aid.africa.abugre ↩James Glassman, "Foreign Aid: The Good And Bad," Forbes, April 8, 2011, accessed August 17, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesglassman/2011/04/08/foreign-aid-the-good-and-bad ↩Dambisa Moyo, "Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa," WSJ, March 21, 2009, accessed August 16, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123758895999200083. ↩Daud Mustafa, Abdul-Hakeem Kilishi, and Sa'ad Akanbi, "Corruption and Foreign Aid Nexus in the African Continent: An Empirical Analysis for Nigeria," Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development 6 (2015). ↩James Peron, "The Sorry Record of Foreign Aid in Africa,” Foundation for Economic Education, August 1, 2001, Accessed August 17, 2015, http://fee.org/freeman/the-sorry-record-of-foreign-aid-in-africa. ↩Gaetano Venezia, "The Failings of Foreign Aid and Our Obligation to Consume,” (2015). Senior Honors Theses. Paper 69. ↩Celia Dugger, "Charity Finds That U.S. Food Aid for Africa Hurts Instead of Helps," The New York Times, August 14, 2007, accessed August 17, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/world/americas/14iht-food.4.7116855.html?pagewanted=all. ↩Gaetano Venezia, "The Failings of Foreign Aid and Our Obligation to Consume,” (2015). Senior Honors Theses. Paper 69. ↩

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Federal Corruption

Christopher Law June 17, 2015

Recently California has been experiencing minimum wage increases in cities like San Francisco and… References and Footnotes Gary Gibson, "Don’t Bother Raising The Minimum Wage,” The Dollar Vigilante, March 26, 2013, accessed June 11, 2015, https://www.dollarvigilante.com/blog/2013/03/26/dont-bother-raising-the-minimum-wage.html ↩“Learn about How the Federal Reserve Was Started, What It Does, and Why It Matters Today," Federal Reserve History, accessed June 11, 2015, http://www.federalreservehistory.org/Purpose. ↩David Howden, “The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System,” 2014. ↩Matthew O'Brien, "Why the Gold Standard Is the World's Worst Economic Idea, in 2 Charts," The Atlantic, August 26, 2012, accessed June 11, 2015, http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/why-the-gold-standard-is-the-worlds-worst-economic-idea-in-2-charts/261552 ↩Josley Wales, "First Audit Results in the Federal Reserve’s Nearly 100 Year History Were Posted Today, They Are Startling!" Before It's News, September 1, 2012, accessed June 10, 2015, http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2012/09/first-audit-in-the-federal-reserves-nearly-100-year-history-were-posted-today-the-results-are-startling-2449770.html ↩Ernie Patrikis, "No, Don’t ‘Audit the Fed.,’" The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2015, accessed June 11, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/ernie-patrikis-no-dont-audit-the-fed-1426633745 ↩ Ivan Pongracic, "The Great Depression According to Milton Friedman," The Freeman Foundation for Economic Education, September 1, 2007, accessed June 11, 2015, http://fee.org/freeman/detail/the-great-depression-according-to-milton-friedman ↩Lawrence White, "Federal Reserve Policy and the Housing Bubble," CATO Journal 29, no. 1 (2009): 115-25, accessed June 16, 2015, http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2009/1/cj29n1-9.pdf. ↩