by David Phillips | Oct 30, 2014 | Business, Culture, Economics, Featured
McDonald’s had a bad Tuesday. They released their quarterly earnings report on Tuesday and through it we discovered that the fast food chain a 30% decline in quarterly profits on a 5% drop in revenues. It wasn’t one region that brought the decline. Sales...
by David Phillips | Oct 27, 2014 | Featured, Education
It’s election season and one of the big topics that always comes up is the topic of education funding. Here in Georgia, it’s a big deal in the governor’s race. Doing a series of posts on income inequality expectedly brought me to looking into education. But I’ve had...
by David Phillips | Oct 9, 2014 | Featured, Economics
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Income InequalityI’ve been talking about income inequality over the last couple of weeks. In a previous post, I noted that many jobs will become automated and no longer needed. At the British paper, The Telegraph, the...
by David Phillips | Oct 7, 2014 | Featured, Feature Articles, Economics
This entry is part [part not set] of 6 in the series Income InequalityIn the previous post, I noted that one of the major causes of income inequality was the rise of technology. In fact, it may be the primary cause of an increased income inequality here in the US....
by David Phillips | Sep 30, 2014 | Economics, Featured, Feature Articles
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Income InequalityWhile doing my doctoral work, my faculty mentor, Leonard Sweet, introduced me to the Well Curve. The Well Curve is the inverse of the Bell Curve, The bell curve defined “normal distribution” –...
