Michael D'Angelo

Since April, the Gulf Coast has been plagued with the BP Oil spill that has changed lives in the region for decades to come. The spill which was only recently contained claimed the lives of 13 oil-rig workers; local marine wildlife, and destroyed local marine businesses with a blink of an eye.1  Workers providing for [...]

Health care is one of those things that everyone should be entitled to.  I mean, who wouldn’t want to have all their medical expenses paid for and not have to worry about the cost of getting sick in America.  Now, when I say “cost of getting sick”, I don’t mean the opportunity cost of burning sick [...]

Today I will conclude this series with my third installment of the Economic Implications of Socialism.  What follows is not verbatim from Dr. Maltsev, but paraphrased via my notes. The last major component of socialism in the Soviet Union was what Dr. Maltsev called “Monopoly of Thought”.  This was in essence a mirror image of what a [...]

Today I will continue with my second installment of the Economic Implications of Socialism.  What follows is not verbatim from Dr. Maltsev, but paraphrased via my notes. Continuing right where I left off; the catastrophic death toll was not the only consequence of Socialism.  The very teachings of Karl Marx were meant to be classified [...]

This past week, I had the privilege of attending a lecture with Dr. Yuri Maltsev of Carthage College.  Dr. Maltsev grew up in the Soviet Union and was an Economic advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev.  He was also part of the team that drafted the Perestroika plan.  Having been a key part of the Soviet Government, [...]

Today I want to take a break from modern day issues and focus on more of a book review.  A few weeks ago, Dr. Robert Murphy came to speak in one of my Economics classes.  His lecture focused on the hidden thoughts behind many mundane issues such as: seatbelt laws, airbag legislation, discrimination laws, and [...]