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Tax Reform: The Cure to the United States’ Economic Slowdown
Lonergan, Thomas Joseph
University of Pittsburgh
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The only two certainties in life are death and taxes.” This infamous saying is as true today as it was more than 200 years ago when it was coined; the only difference between taxes today and taxes in the days of Ben Franklin is the complexity of how taxes are managed. As the American economy teeters on the brink of its second recession in four years, tax reform may be the solution to the economic situation the United States finds itself in today.
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2011-12-21 15:52:46
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Pitt Political Review; Vol 8, No 1 (2011)
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http://ppr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ppr/article/download/7/12
Copyright (c) 2017 Thomas Joseph Lonergan
oai:ppr.pitt.edu:article/10
2017-10-13T15:19:45Z
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The Fourth Branch of Government: How Direct Democracy is Altering the Structure of State Governments
Helgerman, Thomas
This paper aims to explore how direct democracy (i.e. the initiative and referendum) affect the balance of power in state governments. Traditionally, like the federal government, state governments consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Due to a complex system of checks and balances, one branch cannot become too powerful, adhering to an anti-monarchy sentiment of the founders of the United States. In this set-up, the legislative branch is responsible for creating policy, the executive branch is responsible for implementing it, and the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting it. My thesis is that direct democracy, by allowing the populous to directly implement policy without bearing the responsibility for their actions as politicians do, undermines the legislative branch and therefore representative democracy itself, leading to irresponsible legislation that is not subject to the scrutiny of the United States political process.
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2011-12-21 15:52:46
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Pitt Political Review; Vol 8, No 1 (2011)
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http://ppr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ppr/article/download/10/81
Copyright (c) 2017 Thomas Helgerman
oai:ppr.pitt.edu:article/12
2017-10-13T15:19:47Z
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Nervous Giant: China and the Financial Crisis
Farrell, Patrick
While the current financial crisis is widely acknowledged to be global, surprisingly little attention has been paid to its effect on one of the largest players in the global economy. China has weathered the crisis extremely well, though its growth has slowed slightly. I will analyze this by looking at China’s purchases of debt, the Chinese holdings of debt in the United States and its growing holdings in Europe, and the policy decisions directing this. This shows an intriguing change in the policy decisions that led to China becoming such a large holder of American debt. China amassed its large holdings of debt from the United States by merit of the strong trade relationship between the two countries, as well as the stability of the U.S. dollar. However, China’s interest in buying up Italian debt and forming stronger bonds with other Eurozone and European countries seems to speak to a different motive. Rather than allowing its reserves of foreign capital to grow over time, as it did with its U.S. debt, China is making a more aggressive move in this case. Thanks to its relative stability during the crisis, I believe this shows us that China is seeking to both ensure the continued security of its economic growth and increase its economic influence, thus using the instability of the global financial crisis to kill two birds with one stone.
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2011-12-21 15:52:46
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http://ppr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ppr/article/view/12
Pitt Political Review; Vol 8, No 1 (2011)
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Copyright (c) 2017 Patrick Farrell
oai:ppr.pitt.edu:article/13
2017-10-13T15:19:47Z
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"111216 2011 eng "
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Reform and Revolution: The Arab Spring at One Year
Brown, Simon
This paper concerns the differences in the development of the Algerian and Egyptian uprisings within the context of the Arab Spring revolts.
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2011-12-21 15:52:46
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Pitt Political Review; Vol 8, No 1 (2011)
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Copyright (c) 2017 Simon Brown