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The Dutch Secret to Happiness: Working Less?

Author: Benjamin LennonOn: Jul 21Categories: Production, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow, Undergraduate Post No Comments

The Dutch Secret to Happiness: Working Less?

Production, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow, Undergraduate Post

By Ben Lennon | Americans work. A lot. And we have for a long time. The 40-hour workweek was implemented during the Great Depression, and at the time it represented a cut in average hours worked, intending to be used as a job creation tool. Back...

Policies that Perpetuate Inequality

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Mar 30Categories: Undergraduate Post

The video below may or may not be news to some of you, but the American political and economic system is on a path headed in the wrong direction. Why aren’t we the greatest country in the world? What happened

Rethinking Prosperity as Gross National Happiness Instead of Gross National Product

Author: ashleeeyvdOn: Mar 06Categories: Undergraduate Post

In the United States we measure prosperity using Gross National Product (GNP). In South Asia, the Bhutanese people measure their country’s prosperity using Gross National Happiness (GNH). There, success

How Does Media Rhetoric Influence Our Values As A Nation?

Author: ashleeeyvdOn: Mar 06Categories: Undergraduate Post

How exactly does media rhetoric influence our values? According to market research firm Yankelovich, the average city resident is bombarded with 3,000 to 5,000 advertisements per day. We are constantly

Pandora tailors political ads based on music taste

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Feb 27Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

Pandora tailors political ads based on music taste What does your music taste say about you? Pandora’s political playlist: — “Wake Me Up!” (Avicii) + “Blue Train” (John Coltrane) + ZIP code 94112

Americans for Prosperity?

Author: Guest ContributorOn: Feb 27Categories: Undergraduate Post No Comments

A closer look into the billion dollar political industry that brothers Charles and David Koch use to favor big business. Koch Industries has contributed a significant