Saturday, May 7, 2022

Lack of Federal Investment in Children Ignores the Future of the Country

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Vijay K. Mathur   On Nov. 27-28, 2021, I published a guest commentary in this newspaper where I argued for investment in children for human ...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Are Americans losing their identity as Americans

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Vijay K. Mathur For more than a few decades, economics has branched out beyond the inclusion of traditional economic areas of investigation,...

It is time for the unvaccinated to be incentivized and nudged

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Vijay K. Mathur Despite the emergence of the more contagious and lethal delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, many stubborn people in the U.S...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Is refusal to get COVID-19 vaccination a rational decision?

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Vijay K. Mathur The CDC recently reported that 67% of Americans have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. Census Bureau estim...
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Solving homelessness requires rethinking of strategy

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Vijay K. Mathur The homelessness problem throughout the country, including Utah, has existed for decades. Poverty and low income relative to...

Is minimum wage increase good economic policy?

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Vijay  K. Mathur        Most supporters believe that the federal minimum wage must be increased to close to $15 per hour. Sen. Bernie Sander...
Monday, December 7, 2020

Winner-take-all capitalism undermines democracy

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Vijay K. Mathur   “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of few, but we can’t have bo...