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This reading explains what economic freedom is. It also explains how beneficial economic freedom can be for people.

Inequality of economic freedom in America is hurting our economy. It is becoming increasingly more difficult for small businesses to emerge and more people are finding themselves relying on various forms of welfare. Welfare is used to fix the problem of inequality, but it is only a temporary solution.

The benefits of Economic Freedom.

Our nation is riddled with debt and many states have considered relaxing drug policies to help budgets.  There are some financial benefits that would come with legalizing drugs such as taxes and savings on both persecuting and housing criminals.

Arizona's economy took a hit when many illegal immigrants left for Mexico, but benefits also materialized, including jobs and higher wages for some low-skilled workers. The pros and cons of decrease of illegal immigrants working in Arizona.

This article written by Terry Miller and Anthony B. Kim includes data collected on economic freedom across the globe since 1995.  After sharing each detailed figure, the authors go on to explain the details and effects of each one. 

Kathleen Maclay, the author, discusses the economic effect of climate change in the United States within the next 100 years using the information from a study published in the journal Science. The author states that climate change will make income inequality worse due to the mass migrations that will occur. The author recommends that politicians consider what is most important when making decisions about climate change and to remember that it will effect the economy of tomorrow.

Mass migration is already happeningredients in today's world due to war. Would people begin to take population migration seriously if it happened in our country today because of climate change? Imagine if Hurricane Harvey had done worse damage and the city had decided to evacuate the affected cities, more people would have to had to migrate elsewhere.

Harald Krieg talks about in his article about how economic prosperity falls under social ills such as obesity to homicide. The article also states that countries that suffer a bigger income gap often result in more social ills as well. The good news is that it definitely has started to see the light of day in the recent years.

Gender equality is an issue that continues to not be fully archive worldwide. Peace Corps points this out and what it would mean to be equals.

This article discusses the gap in gender equality on a global level but primarily focused on women. Some of the issues that they highlighted is Education, Health, Economic and political empowerment for women.

This article describes gender equality in women's economic and political empowerment. Also, gender equality contributing to women's health and education.

Unemployment skyrocketed at the start of the pandemic. It was unexpected but so many people lost their jobs and started facing economic distress. This article focuses on the trends seen between unemployment in different categories of people.

Amidst the global pandemic, Arizona states students are failing statewide tests in both English and Math this spring with alarming numbers. Education officials had previously advised "extreme caution" in regards to making conclusions based on the number of cases. Disruptions to in-person learning during the pandemic due to the dramatic impact on student learning suggest "inferences may be invalid", according to the department. This years tests also painted a demographic split as White and Asian students passed these exams at twice as POC students. COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate impact on communities of color, both economically and in loss of life.

That's crazy to hear Covid has had such a negative impact on students performance in school, it's really disheartening. It is a rough transition going from learning in school, then trying to teach yourself through online school in quarantine, it's definitely not for everyone.

This study covers the many personal, economic, and social freedom issues facing Americans. The states are ranked for comparison.

This website gave both point of views on illegal immigration. There are other categories on the page, such as, definition, core questions, and economic impact.

An association of individual and organizations dedicated to building a free and peaceful world. The ISIL promotes respect for individual rights and liberties, and an open and competitive economic system based on volutary exchange and free trade.

Pros and cons in the debate as to whether prostitution should be legal. Core questions, economics, health, human trafficking and morality issues discussed.

This article supports banning smoking in public places.  Studies show that there have been positive health and economic impacts where these bans have been implimented.

Poverty stems from many factors not just the lack of money. Some of these factors include political, social, and economic dynamics. Social workers' are trained so they have a firm understanding of poverty and where it derived from so they may help accordingly as needed.

This website provides facts about immigration in Arizona. The website provides facts and statistics about drugs, prison population, arrests and so on.

Fact sheet between the years as early as 2000 and as late as 2012. Information on the impact of illegal immigrants in Arizona, illegal alien population number, economic impact, and crime rate involving illegal immigrant.

In his January 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama called for a new federal minimum wage of $10.10 an hour. The year before, in the same speech, he proposed a $9 minimum wage. This article addresses the different reasons to increase and the issues with increasing the minimum wage. it discusses how it has changed over the years and states that the original minimum wage was 25 cents an hour back in 1938. There are quite a few interesting stats in this article.

I definitely that Obamas move to raise the minimum wage has caused more problems than it has done good. It's only created a sense of working less, doing less for more pay. People don't want to work hard, get an education, or persue a career goal in order to make money. It's seems more common that people just want what's easy and what gives them the most for their own selfish desires.

This web site shows the negative impact on building a border wall with Mexico. It shows the numbers of US workers and Mexican workers affected by this decision. It shows how much capitol could be lost each day once the wall is built.

Great find! I think that there is no real thought being put into the whole wall situation. Both the U.S. and Mexico have benefited from the ability to import and export goods providing jobs for both sides. The relationship that our current president is establishing will definitely impact our economy in a negative way.

Excellent article! I agree with dennibro about the thought process behind it. First they were going to pay for it, now we are. Then the whole subject of who was going to be paying for this wall started to be backtracked. I think not only is it going to cost an astronomical amount of money to build, it will also cost us a lot to maintain it. I think a better idea is needed.