by Erick Jones | Oct 21, 2018 | Local Policy, Policy, US Policy
What is the minimum people need to survive? How much is too much? And what policies help ensure people are above the floor and those at the ceiling don’t have an unfair advantage? Rent varies across the country but you can generally find a 1 bedroom for...
by Erick Jones | Jul 27, 2018 | International Policy, Policy, US Policy
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 has been criticized for numerous reasons one of those being the huge tax cut for corporations. However, I’d argue having companies keep more of their profits isn’t as detrimental as it seems to the budget and could even be...
by Erick Jones | Jun 7, 2018 | Policy, Science and Engineering, Technology, US Policy
I’m back with new ideas and the methods to explore them. I have a paper on Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) in the works, gained experience in stochastic and optimization modeling, and learned to work with Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). IAMs can be used...
by Erick Jones | Oct 25, 2017 | Education, Local Policy, Policy, US Policy
Low Hanging Fruit to Make America Better There a variety of laws and regulations that people have recognized are bad have created feasible alternatives and they still persist in America, these are the low hanging fruit of America that if changed will immediately...
by Erick Jones | Sep 7, 2017 | Education, Policy, Science and Engineering, Technology, US Policy
Philosophical question of the day: Guaranteed Income or Guaranteed Jobs. Also the failure of technology as a panacea, brain cancer cure setbacks, North Korea, lasers for fluids, the purpose of public schools, a carbon capture breakthrough, and Will Hurd young black...
by Erick Jones | Apr 5, 2017 | Local Policy, Policy, US Policy
Public Services, Private Providers There are services that are essential for modern life and crucial for a competitive business. Over the past decades, America has fallen in love with private solutions and have privatized numerous services that have traditionally been...