One of the largest phenomena in politics is the growing wealth gap in our country. Throughout my humanities courses, this idea has begun to surface in subtle ways, but recently it has appeared in full force in the form of Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Thus, a great opportunity presented itself to study the philosophy surrounding the…

At a North Carolina campaign rally on August 16th, 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris laid out the economic plan she hopes to enact if she becomes elected (full speech here). These included policies such as tax credits for builders of homes sold to first-time buyers, as well as up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance for…