Paul Ryan’s plan in brief

I have been keeping my eye open for the best brief summary of Ryan’s budget plan. After going through dozens of posts with a combined thousands of graphs, I have settled on this piece from Paul Krugman. An excerpt: Ryan basically proposes three big things: slashing Medicaid, cutting taxes on corporations and high-income people, and… Continue reading Paul Ryan’s plan in brief

College is not the solution

Having a college degree delivers relative economic advantages. In most cases, job applicants with college degrees will receive more consideration and priority than those without them. Consequently, college degree holders capture more of the limited stock of good jobs than their non-degreed peers, and therefore receive higher compensation. Problematically, many individuals — upon observing that… Continue reading College is not the solution