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Oscar Valdes Viera

Trump’s Cuba Policy Will Hurt, Not Help Cubans

In a speech showing no regard to Cuban’s historical sensitivities, Trump announced from Miami that he was “canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba.” By that he meant

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Economics a Science
Myths of Econ 101
Oscar Valdes Viera

The Borrowed Science of Neoclassical Economics

Another “Econ 101” story we hear in microeconomics classes is that, as consumers, individuals are always involved in a rational, hedonistic competition trying to maximize their own utility. The utility

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(Un)employment
Oscar Valdes Viera

State of the Unions in the US Economy

Debates about the disappearance of the middle class and the lack of opportunities for the majority of Americans have been at the forefront of the 2016 presidential election. However, discourse

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Policy Matters
Oscar Valdes Viera

Stability is Destabilizing

In a recent  interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, published in The New York Times, President Obama argued that the U.S. economy is in fine shape, despite public feelings that it

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