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Chapter 3 | Our Challenges

Ch 3.11 | Everyone votes with their wallet.
Let me start by saying that I’m a capitalist whose study of economics was forged in business school in the early 1980s, grounded in Milton Friedman’s…
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Ch 3.10 | 💳Capitalism and monetary policy
I am a capitalist. I don’t want anyone reading this to think otherwise. Anselme Polycarpe Batbie (and 19th century academic jurist) said: He who is not…
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Ch 3.9 | 📚Our education system is failing us
Education inequality
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Ch 3.8 | 🌪️Climate change and environmental regulations
While many politicians acknowledge the reality and urgency of climate change, there is significant debate about the best ways to address it.
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Ch 3.7 | ⚕️Health care: A call for understanding and change
Our health care system is a huge challenge.
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Ch 3.6 |♀️Women's rights
Women are distinctly not a “disenfranchised minority.” In fact, women have accounted for approximately 51 percent of the population since 2013.
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Ch 3.5 | 😰The pandemic
There is a lot to unpack when it comes to COVID-19.
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Ch 3.4 | 🔐Immigration
[Updated since original publication]
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Ch 3.3 | 🖼️The culture wars
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” — Martin Luther King Jr., 1963.
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Ch 3.2 | 👊Race in America
Despite the increased visibility of issues related to racial injustice, especially following the Black Lives Matter protests, solutions to systemic…
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Ch 3.1 | ☠️Our culture of violence
As I attempt to discuss some of the challenges that we face, I will forewarn you that I am providing my opinion on many of these issues.
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