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27 Jul 2020
Post-Covid Latin American Economy
This WEEK, Sophia, Riley and guest D.S, an economics major at Emory University, break down the economic pressures COVID-19 has had on Latin America, discussing how years of limited economic growth, political unrest, troublesome international trade, inadequate social welfare systems and now COVID-19 adds up to economic mayhem that Latin America will struggle to get out of.
20 Jul 2020
A Broken Dichotomy: The nonsense of politics
This WEEK, Samuel, Riley, Sophia, Matthew and Nelson discuss the broken dichotomy which is the nonsense of politics.They dive into the false characterizations associated with people who sit on the left and right wing , the role of media in the political arena, the infamous political compass quiz and touch on the current political landscape and how the United States is dividing politics around the world.
13 Jul 2020
Statue-Toppling. Necessary? Or part of a political agenda?
This WEEK, Samuel, Anaam, Sarah Memon and Zaynab Syed dive into the recent wave of statue-toppling sparked by Confederate Statues in the United States. We look into the cases for and against statue toppling, the point of statues, how woke culture is playing a part of the media discourse on statues and should Obama even be considered to be on Mt. Rushmorre?
6 Jul 2020
Is the UN dead in the water?
This WEEK, Samuel, Solomon, Matthew and Srija dive into the effectiveness of the United Nations. We look at UN legislation enforcement, UN Peacekeepers, UN sanctions and more.
30 Jun 2020
US Elections 2020 - Debunked and Reasoned
This WEEK, Samuel, Solomon, Anaam, Sophia and special guest Caroline Couch, debunk and reason the US 2020 Presidential Elections. We dive into Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's economic, health and immigration policies as well setting aside administrations and the media and comparing the two individuals and looking into who is more 'presidential'. Visit munline.org to see what we do and join us!
29 Jun 2020
How airlines are being saved - and how that is wrong
This WEEK, Samuel, Solomon and Sarthak discuss the ways in which governments are saving airlines from the stress COVID-19 is having on the entire industry. We will be discussing the use of big government bailouts, wage subsidy schemes and the use of nationalisation!
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