Author: Josh Adler
The article chosen this week is about the recent changes of the Cuban economy. Cuba for decades has struggled with its communist background, leaving its citizens sick and poor. Opponents of the regime have been arrested. After Raul Castro replaced his brother, Fidel, as leader the economy has been improving. Raul realizes that [...]

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Author: Josh Adler
The article describes the declining rate of poverty around the world. The Economist states that the rate of poverty has decreased even though the world economic crisis is the worst since 1930s and the biggest food-price increases since the 1970s. The World Bank’s Development Research Group found that the number of people in [...]

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​Author: Josh Adler
This article mentions the improving jobs market.  Non-farm employment jumped 243,000, or 0.2% from December according to the economist.  This December had the highest increase of jobs in nine months.  The unemployment rate fell to a three year low of 8.3%.  There has also been an increase in construction as 21,000 construction jobs [...]

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Author: Nishant Sheth

The cost of education in the United States is tremendous. This is even truer about private colleges and universities. Increasingly, students take out loans in order for them to be able to afford to attend these institutions. The premise of these loans is that they will be able to pay them back from [...]

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