Tag: Smith

Adam Smith is most often associated with his notion of an invisible hand guiding individuals’ selfish motives and decisions towards mutual benefits through market forces. As such he has been associated with free market capitalism by its proponents and its critics. However,...

It’s three years ago. I’m a UGA freshman holed up in my dorm room, mindlessly scrolling through Instagram. Caught in a black hole of Insta-stalking (we’ve all been there), I emerge roughly 45 minutes later to have discovered the vintage shop of my dreams (and it’s within walk...

Everyone has it wrong, even the popular tv shows have made lesbians and gay men the enemies or the “abnormal ones”, from Tedd Lasso to The Morning Show. In reality, every lesbian or gay couple I have ever met are literally the most normal and hardworking women or men — They ru...

As I’ve talked about before, sports have been my escape of choice. March Madness and NBA playoffs are so much fun, I cannot wait for the Olympics this summer, and I absolutely love my Buffalo Bills. Brutal, heartbreaking playoff losses aside, I’m already very much looking forwa...

Introduction: In a heartbreaking incident that unfolded on a Monday morning in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, a man named Keith Smith, aged 41, became the city’s 134th homicide victim of the year. This tragic event has left a family searching for answers, shedding lig...

On Tuesday, The New York Times Magazine published a piece, “The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t,” written by Sarah Viren, a white nonfiction writing professor from Arizona State University, which examined the 30-year ethnic scam perpetrated by “Cherokee/Ojibway” Professor And...

We have become increasingly obsessed in economics and in medicine and in public policy with what can be measured. Evidence-based is always better it would seem, than going with our gut or worse, a wild guess that springs from our biases. This passion for evidence is not new. Carved in stone, on t...

Everyone’s heard of the adidas Stan Smiths. Iconic, simple, and elegant, these sneakers fit seamlessly into almost any outfit you wanna throw together. It’s a style that stays fresh, and never goes out of style. Maybe that’s the reason why these celebrities are picking up these ...