As a result of the current regulatory climate in the United States, Financial Technology (FinTech) companies are often confused as to which laws, agencies and regulations apply to them due to the infancy of the industry. A select few countries around the world have adopted what is known as a “regulatory sandbox” to adapt … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
America First vs the WTO
America First vs the WTO The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the foremost intergovernmental organization for regulating international trade. Its purpose is to promote free-flowing trade by providing its membership with forums for three interrelated functions – negotiation, illumination, and litigation. As of 2018, 164 members or (contracted parties) representing 96.4% of world trade, 96.7% … Continue reading
Drawbacks of Raising the Minimum Wage
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour has grown in popularity over the past few years. On the surface this law seems fair and reasonable, but in-depth analysis recognizes the issues that come along with this policy. A $15 minimum wage hurts the people it is trying to help because businesses are unable to … Continue reading
Privatized Healthcare Fosters Innovation
Healthcare was a major topic of discussion among politicians this past midterm election. Every election cycle it seems that more citizens are calling for government to intervene in the industry. On the left, we see a rise in popularity of single-payer healthcare or programs such as the Affordable Healthcare Act. Such programs may seem great … Continue reading
Immigration Reform: The Trump Public Charge Rule
The new public charge rule released under the Trump administration, if implemented, would represent the largest expansion of the definition in its 136-year history and would lead to drastic negative consequences for both companies and the wider native population. The public charge condition of inadmissibility is a powerful tool that has long been used by … Continue reading
A Cooperative Federalism Approach to Energy is an ACE
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped its boundaries under the Obama administration with the Clean Power Plan (CPP). In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act (CAA) was seeking to regulate “outside the fence line” of individual power plants. According to the EPA’s website, several states, trade associations, labor unions, and rural electric … Continue reading
A Call for Social Determinants
It is common knowledge that the United States spends substantially more money on health care than other developed nations, yet it is by no means the healthiest country. Health care accounts for one-sixth of United States’ gross domestic product (GDP), but morbidity continues to rise. Two out of three American adults are obese, one-third of American adults have high blood pressure, and diabetes prevalence is … Continue reading
Price Transparency: An Exacerbation or Solution to the Mounting Cost of Health Care?
On Wednesday, June 27, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing to discuss the rising cost of health care in the U.S. Several panelists mentioned increasing price transparency as a potential solution to the growing issue. The disclosure of health care prices is by no means a new … Continue reading
Immigration Reform: Whom Does America Want?
Following through on one of his core campaign promises, President Trump ended DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) last year, the Obama era executive order that gives work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children. Starting September 5th, 2017, Congress had six months to come up with a replacement before the … Continue reading
The Implications of the 5G Race
We had 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G, and now we are at the brink of deploying 5G. 4G was an extension and update to 3G, but to say that 5G is an extension of 4G is completely misguided. 5G has the potential to completely change the user experience. 5G will be making improvements upon existing … Continue reading
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