Drew Wood - Writer for 24/7 Wall St.
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The United States has the biggest debt in its history, an eye-watering $36 trillion. Much of that is owed to foreign countries, so understandably, some people wonder, what would happen if we just...
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On the surface, globalization promises to bring great improvements to the world, like economic growth, standardization, and better communication and transportation links to make us truly into a...
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Remember there was a time not so many years ago we thought the Cold War was over? Those days are long gone. The partnership between Russia and the United States that characterized the rule of Boris...
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Over 700 million people in the world today live on less than $2 a day, which is the threshold researchers use for extreme poverty. How can a person possibly survive on so little? The tragic truth is,...
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Civil wars are some of the deadliest conflicts in history. They tend to create chaotic violence without an organized military strategy. Citizens are often caught in the crossfire, or deliberately...
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Nobody likes taxes. Well, maybe the IRS. But we can safely say even their agents don’t like paying taxes. Everybody likes spending them. Even the most fiscally conservative advocate of small...
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A little under 4 million Muslims live in the United States now. Some were immigrants from countries all over the world while others are from families that have been Americans for many generations....
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Hindsight is 20/20, they say. We can all think of things in our lives that might have turned out much better if we had made different choices. The same is true of geopolitics. More than any other...
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Americans have an intense sense of independence, generally feeling like the rest of the world needs us more than we need them. However, other countries have assisted the United States significantly...
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The U.S. national debt has passed $36 trillion . . . and in the time it took you to read those words the interest on the debt went up another $100,000. How did we get to this point? Who do we owe...
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Evangelical Christians are often in the news in an election year because of the influence they have as a voting block in the United States. However, thanks to several centuries of intense missionary...
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Science and technology have advanced exponentially and show no signs of slowing down. But technological breakthroughs require decades of research and millions or billions of dollars of investment....
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World War II had such a tremendous impact on American culture and so saturates our media and entertainment, it seems like it happened only a few years ago. But it’s been 79 years since the war...
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The Earth’s natural resources are enormous but not infinite. A lack of some rare minerals can hinder technological development or make countries that have them disproportionately wealthy and...
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Today we’re used to streaming movies and TV shows commercial-free, but if you grew up in the ’70s, there was no escaping advertising. There were only three network channels to choose from and...
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