Nothing Gold Can Stay: The Drastic Decline of the Mali Empire
The following post describes the rise of the Mali Empire due to its capitalization on natural resources , such as gold, and the subsequent exploitation that led to its decline.
Category: economics
Recent Election Reveals Deeper Fractures in Peru
Peru elected Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori for its Presidential Election run-offs last April 11th This was surprising, to say the least. Far-left candidate Pedro Castillo never appeared on the polls until election day and far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori had just been imprisoned in 2020 for corruption and other charges. In polls, she had high […]
The Common Core – Standardizing American Minds
The use of the Common Core and standardized testing in American education is doing a disservice to students as it does not adequately prepare them for the real world.
Legal, Modern Slavery in the US: Examining Prison Labor
To find contemporary slavery, one does not have to look far. It can be found right in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, except as a form of punishment. When emancipation led to Southern farmers losing their slaves, there was an increased demand for cheap labor. The provision allowing slavery in cases of […]
Environmental Cost of Corporate Profits
By: Jett Jenkins As discussed in Robert B. Reich’s (2007) book Supercapitalism, much of our current economic behavior is geared towards obtaining short-term profits and growth, which had led to increased use of “cheap labor” in countries like China. Although this continuous exploitation of foreign labor has led to high profit margins and thus high returns […]
