Taxing the Wealth of Nations by Ethan Freiermuth
Economics
According to Adam Smith, whose insights still underpin economics as a discipline to this day, taxation is justified by the government’s ability to fulfill needs which cannot be supplied by the market and otherwise intervening to create efficiency and efficacy. While Smith’s recommendations and policy analyses were limited by his economic model and by the economic and technological development of his time, his principles are still very much applicable to the modern day. It is abundantly clear that Smith argues the vast majority of the market should be left alone to the natural incentives of the private sphere, however he does still envision a role for government which creates and enhances economic inefficiency, and provides still relevant guidelines for avoiding ill-advised policies which imprudently tax the wealth of nations.
Freiermuth, Ethan
Senior Showcase Oral presentation
Ripon College
April 23, 2019
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Major: Politics, Economics, German
Minor: National Security Studies
Prairie Farm, Wisconsin
ECO 380
The Attorney Generals’ Role in a Polarized Society: How the Office has Evolved and What it Needs to Survive by Nicole Zeman
Politics and Government
The Judiciary Act of 1879 established the role of the United States Attorney General (AG). The AG is the head attorney for the country, appointed by the President. The role of the Attorney General is to be the head administrator for the DOJ, and represent the United States in legal matters, which may include representing the United States Government in the Supreme Court of the United States and all other courts. From the first Attorney General the office has lacked political neutrality and the waves of political polarization throughout American history have forced the AG to play the political game. Because the President appoints the AG, the Attorney General’s loyalty, which is supposed to be to the public, has steadily prevailed to be directed at the president. The office has progressed gaining the power of precedent and the Department of Justice, which has heightened the power of the AG within society. Attorneys General such as Edmund Randolph, William Wirt, Amos T Akerman, Homer Stille Cummings, John Ashcroft and Loretta Lynch among many other have highlighted the political problem within the position through party and presidential loyalty. To fix the AG’s involvement with party politics, the Supreme Court of the United States must be granted appointment power of the AG with review every four years. The Supreme Court appointment will result in a more stable justice system, a less politicized Attorney General, and loyalty to the people to be restored.
Nicole Zeman
Senior Showcase Oral presentation
Ripon College
April 18, 2017
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Major: Politics and Government, Business
Sussex, Wisconsin