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Posts published by “Liam McMurtry”

Which schools won the pandemic?

As the end of the year is fast approaching and the pandemic is still raging on after almost nine months of wreaking havoc on all aspects of American life, it’s time to reflect on the state of higher education before we head into another year.

Looking back at the USSR

We live in a world mostly dominated by capitalist countries and a strong faith in the market forces of supply and demand.

Does the President own the economy?

We live in an age where the presidency takes on an almost imperial presence. The sheer size of the federal government, the President’s ubiquitous image, and the American people’s faith in the continuous march of democracy in the U.S.

Racial discrimination and the US economy

Racial discrimination hinders economic growth. When employers refuse to hire or promote certain employees because of their ethnicity, they are not only depriving their business of valuable human capital, but by denying the employee the needed income, they are denying their community of much needed consumer spending.

The geopolitical case for Vietnam

Countries that lie on geopolitical fault lines often find themselves as pawns in a great game between two rival powers. We saw this during the Cold War where the rival powers of the U.S.

Cabinet v. Senate

Liam McMurtry provides his opinions on improvements to the SGA.

A case for a University Council

It is unfortunate that all the usual ceremonies and traditions had to be cancelled, but this also frees up breathing room for re-thinking and re-working how we run our school.

Public policy course changes curriculum

The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced virtually all school functions to either come to a grinding halt or embrace a virtual environment.

Hope from Hoboken

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started, it seems like the whole world has shut down. For the medical staff of Hoboken and Jersey City, lives have instead become much busier.