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A couple of days ago, President Biden announced that he would renominate Jerome Powell for another term as chair of the Federal Reserve, the nation’s central bank which is responsible for its monetary policy and control of the money supply. It was a choice between him and Lael Brainard, who Continue Reading

Democracy is one of many types of governmental organizations that are present today, and indeed, democracies can come in many varieties. While in the UK and India, the legislature holds executive power through the prime minister, in presidential republics such as the US, Panama, Nigeria, Kenya, and France, the executive Continue Reading

This past week, the House of Representatives passed a 1.2 trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure package, the result of months of negotiations and compromises put forth by the House Majority. It was, however, held up for several months- because of another, larger, partisan infrastructure package. To understand why, keep in mind Continue Reading

The pandemic has been hard on many parts of our lives, and the economy is no exception. The world is currently suffering from a supply chain disruption that has halted trade, increased scarcity, and shot up shipping prices worldwide- according to the New York Times, shipping a container from Shanghai Continue Reading

A subject that has been in the news a lot lately is the political fight over the debt limit. Some Congress members are in favor of raising the debt limit to avoid a default on the U.S’s loan payments, but others believe that since they are not part of the Continue Reading

NFT Post An interesting concept that has exploded over the past few months, and that I would like to talk about in this post, are non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. They are digital items that can be bought with real money and can therefore be owned by the buyer. While NFTs Continue Reading

One new technology that’s gotten a lot of press in the past few years is 3D printing, or the physical construction of digital computer-aided design (CAD). This can be used to create any number of products with computer-generated assets, and is increasingly being used in industry, one example of which Continue Reading

Last week I went back to school in-person, following a large vaccination campaign against COVID-19. However, in recent weeks, the Delta variant of the coronavirus has started to make waves, resulting in a large increase in cases. Some states, such as Mississippi and Louisiana, have reached all-time highs in cases, Continue Reading

Here, I’d like to put down some thoughts on tech that I had earlier.  Today, innovation is empowering the growth of new, unique technologies that could hardly have been thought of earlier. One of these technologies is autonomous driving, and I believe that the main driver of this is Tesla, Continue Reading

Something I made on housing in Raleigh: Link As migration to the Raleigh-Durham area has heated up, demand for housing has driven costs up. Here, I look at some of the causes and effects of this phenomenon.