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In chapter 7 of Poor Economics the authors main focus is on how when most poor micro businesses ask banks for loans they typically do not receive them and when they actually are given a loan, the banks charge them … Continue reading →

For my regression analysis project to analyze factors that affect under graduate graduation rates at universities in the United States.  I selected 78 colleges and universities and chose independent variables of: Mean SAT score, tuition, undergraduate class size, percent of … Continue reading →

            Chapter four of Poor Economics evaluates education in developing countries throughout the world and discusses the most efficient ways to institute functional school systems.  The author’s state that schools in developing countries tend to … Continue reading →

Introduction: In a society that is driven by competition, an individual’s level of income plays a prominent role on their social and economic status.  To judge whether or not someone is successful in the United States, it is customary to … Continue reading →

            Chapter three of Freakonomics offers a well-examined economic analysis of a crack-cocaine dealing street gang located in the south side of Chicago.  The authors use the research of University of Chicago graduate student Sudhir … Continue reading →

My topic for the research project is the effect that a person’s level of education has on their chance of being employed and the level of starting income they receive upon employment.  I know that the unanimous answer to this … Continue reading →

            The Slate article about the new research done by Sendil Mullainathan and Edlar Sharfir provided ample information that can be compared and contrasted to the idea of the poverty trap presented in Poor Economics.   … Continue reading →

            After reading chapters 2 and 3 of poor economics I have become very interested in the book.  I had heard of the book prior to taking this class but not really what it was … Continue reading →

            I personally believe blogging is an opportunity for an individual to express his or opinions and ideas on a limitless numbers of topics over the Internet.  Also because blogs are online it allows one … Continue reading →