Tag / Politicoeconomics
Max Bennett, a staff writer for the WUPR, is a junior majoring in Economics and Mathematics. Although not as moderate as he would have you believe, he despises opinions founded solely on knee-jerk reactions. Max does not present himself as an expert in economics or politics; nonetheless, this blog is his naive attempt to decipher the incoherent babbling that public dialogue is so often riddled with. If you wish to contact him, Max can be reached at max.bennett@wustl.edu
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Oil Fears
The mainstream media seems to love the “oil” buzzword; the economic consequences of oil price fluctuations directly affect consumers and in short, sell newspapers. Far from being unjustified, the attention paid to oil prices is deserved and comes from the fact that past oil shocks have driven economies into the ground. Recently, the uprising in…
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Current Policy of the Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is perhaps the most powerful man in the United States right now. His decisions on monetary policy drive the stock market, influence the willingness of corporations to hire, and will largely determine not only the success of the American economic recovery, but also the world at large.…