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Human Psychology vs Coronavirus

Yes, another coronavirus post. But all of this quarantine and social distancing has me wondering just how well we can cope with these drastic cut backs to our daily lifestyle that we are used to. Humans are social creatures, as we have all heard, and we require daily interaction with people to stay sane soContinue reading “Human Psychology vs Coronavirus”

Bloomberg’s Critics are Wrong

For those of you who watched the Democratic Debate held in Las Vegas Monday night, you know (or should know by now) that it was absolutely terrible for the democratic party. Insults were being thrown around like a bunch of school children at a playground and the obvious victor was Donald Trump. However, the debateContinue reading “Bloomberg’s Critics are Wrong”

The Democrat’s Dilemma

Upon reading Bloomberg.com, I came across an article talking about how the candidates on the left are describing Michael Bloomberg. Klobuchar, Biden and Sanders have all talked about his “racist” policies such as the controversial stop and frisk act. This is policy essentially allowed police more authority in stopping citizens and patting them down toContinue reading “The Democrat’s Dilemma”

Four Day Work Week Anyone?

While I have not put much thought into this topic, I recently stumbled across a blog post (https://www.bytesizestory.com/post/cut-the-hours-cut-the-stress) talking about the benefits that have been seen in the data across many countries with the four day work week. New Zealand is one in particular that has seen “productivity increase and life satisfaction increase”. Before IContinue reading “Four Day Work Week Anyone?”

Family Economics

“…the story of the family, once a dense cluster of many siblings and extended kin, fragmenting into ever smaller and more fragile forms. The initial result of that fragmentation, the nuclear family, didn’t seem so bad. But then, because the nuclear family is so brittle, the fragmentation continued. In many sectors of society, nuclear familiesContinue reading “Family Economics”

Introduction

To my curious readers, My name is Jack Johnson. I am a college student at Santa Barbara City College (soon to be California State University Channel Islands) studying Economics and Psychology. While these are my two main topics of interest, I am always branching out and reading everything that I find interesting therefore this blogContinue reading “Introduction”