Nexus: Chapman's Journal of Law and Public Policy

ARE WE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?

Recent news has shown that our economy is going in the right direction. While our economy has been taking a plunge for the worst since the Great Depression, it seems as though the overall percentage in jobs have steadily gone back up and our labor market has stabilized. We have ...

ENERGY DEMANDS

Energy is the lifeblood of any industrialized economy, and maintaining an adequate supply in the United States is going to become increasingly costly in the coming decades. In the United States alone, energy demand is expected to be 35 percent higher in 2030 than 2005. The good news is that ...

GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN THE ECONOMY

One of the early steps taken in the creation of the federal government was to consolidate the separate debts of the individual states into a single national debt. In 1790 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton presented Congress with the First Report on Public Credit where he argued for the federal government ...

MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS

As noted in the Special Report on Regulatory Reform by the Congressional Oversight Panel, “[f]inancial crises are not new.” Beginning as early as 1792 and continuing cyclically over the next 140 years, financial crises struck the nation in approximately 20-year increments.

If the American market economy is cyclical, then ...

80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1929 CRASH

It’s the 80th anniversary of the 1929 crash. It’s no doubt that the economy is suffering, but more importantly, the people of the United States are suffering.

While analysts have the luxury of spitting out ideas and theories that led to this financial catastrophe, most working Americans don ...

SYMPOSIUM SUCCESS

The NeXus Symposium was a huge success! All in attendance were intellectually challenged, enjoyed great company, and were well fed. The event featured a number of exceptional panelists: all with very original, innovative thoughts.

Here are a few highlights:

1. The first panel set the tone for the day’s discussions ...

THE GREAT RESET (THE GREAT DEPRESSION SEQUEL)

The debt blanket is smothering the federal government, small businesses and many households. How do we know when we reach the upper limits on borrowing? When we can't make the monthly payments on the debt.

Personal bankruptcies will hit 1.4 million families in 2009, small businesses are declining ...

HARD TO INCREASE THE ECONOMY WHEN NO ONE HAS A JOB

As we all know the economy has been suffering these past few years, and although many efforts have been made to bring us out of this recession, all efforts have failed. This failure can be shown mainly from the fact that unemployment rates continue to increase. For example, in California ...

THE RISE AND FALL OF ARTIFICIAL WEALTH

Below is a Great article by Dr. Michael Intiligator, a presenter for the forthcoming Nexus Symposium.
The article can be found HERE The projections presented in this paper estimate that the GDP of $14.26T achieved in 2008 will not be achieved again until 2013 on an inflation-adjusted basis and ...

CHECK OUT THE STUDENT BLOG SECTION

The Student Blog Section is up and running. Check it out Here

Also- Don't forget about the Nexus Symposium on Friday, October 30th, 2009 from 10am-5pm at Chapman University School of Law. More info can be found HERE

EVERY RECESSION HAS ITS SILVER LINING

As the great Monty Python has said, “always look on the bright side of life.” While Americans in the current economy have focused their energies on the negative aspects of the recession, there is something to be said about maintaining an optimistic outlook and finding the positive facets in a ...

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Decisions brought on this recession; will decisions get us out?

Bailout, layoff, unemployment rate, vacancy rate, bad loans, default, foreclosure, unlawful detainer, repossession, bankruptcy, loan modification—these are all words we hear far too often.

The recession, which began in December 2007, shifted into high gear in late 2008. The ...

ECONOMIC TURNOVER

With programs like Cash for Clunkers and the tax rebate program for new home owners, the economy is slowly turning around. However, recovery continues to depend on US consumers. Consumers need to rebuild their confidence in their personal financial situations and in our country’s economy. They need to break ...