Tagged: Election 2016

City of Compromise

December 19th, 2016 in Fall 2016, Student's Blog

by Jimmy King (Fall 2016) 

Walking down Florida Avenue and the U Street area of Washington, you might feel as though you’re in a Deep South suburb.  But in a 10-minute ride towards K Street, you’re right back in the concrete and glass, allegedly “soulless”, Washington that most Americans think of when conceptualizing their Capitol. More

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Chang Wei

May 6th, 2016 in Spring 2016, Student's Blog

My Experience With Politics While Living in DC

Chang Wei
Spring 2016

Living in DC has taught me many things about politics. With the current on presidential campaign going on, I decide to write my experience here in DC with politics and economics which is my major.

Two Democratic Party candidates differ majorly in their opinion on Wall Street and economy reforms.

Wall Street physically locates in New York City, but its impact extends worldwide. Wall Street now refers to the large group of brokerage firms and investment banks, which dominate the U.S. financial market. It is home of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): the world’s largest stock exchange, and Nasdaq OMX: the world’s second largest stock exchange with daily trading volumes exceed $5 trillion. Street firms together control trillions of dollars in financial assets. There is no doubt of Wall Street’s key role in the world economy. More

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