Mark Tsyrouk

An Inconvenient Price: The Cost of Polluting Carbon is Around $300

July 26, 2021 / By

While some environmental advocates are using comedy as a medium to encourage climate change activism, insurance companies are not laughing.[1] The United States alone has lost, on average, $240 billion USD in economic activity from extreme health and weather events every year from 2007-2017.[2] The dangers of carbon dioxide emissions are a league of its …

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Study: $3 Can Improve Your Child’s School Performance

July 26, 2021 / By

Imagine if your neighborhood invested $155M on a new high school, only to be frustrated that 25% of the classrooms were void of students.[1] In Trenton, New Jersey, chronic absenteeism has been an uphill battle for the 83,000 working class residents. Students willing to show have subpar outcomes; around 29% do not receive their high …

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Does Capitalism & Socialism Have a Lifespan?

July 26, 2021 / By

Personal Reflections on U.S. Economic Policy Since 1900. Throughout the 20th century, the United States flip-flopped on government intervention regulating the market economy. By the early 1900s, American firms saw a fair share of labor movements, conservation quotas, and anti-trust laws impacted by a broadening of executive power. The Roaring Twenties ruled on an unyielding …

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The “Great Man-Made River:” Libya’s Massive Infrastructure Project You’ve Likely Never Heard Of

July 26, 2021 / By

With 26 percent of the nation’s GDP reliant on agricultural exports, Libya and its 1.3 million inhabitants received a break in 1958 when oil reserves were found resting under its desert territory.[1] The discovery of the natural resource was ideal because of the reserves’ volume – roughly 48 million barrels worth– and because Libya was …

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