JohnnySwims

     I sit here, unable to conjure up any ideas that interest me enough to write 250 words about them, and somehow tie it back to economics. Perhaps this is a sign, a signal that I should move on with my life and write something original and non-economic for the first time. I could tie it back to swim or maybe some other facet of my life that makes me appear more like a multidimensional figure. However, I struggle to reconcile myself with the notion of moving beyond economics.    An image I added mainly to increase the aesthetic appeal of my blog cover, if it weren't for the fact that this is a supposed representation of myself typing the blog   If I couldn’t tie it back to economics, does it reflect poorly on my intellect and creative capabilities? How does this blog affect other’s perception of me? I doubt that most people who read my blog do so to glean further insights into who I am as a person, looking down at my comments it’s generally populated with ...

      To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in under mining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. — Theodore Roosevelt This quote by Teddy Roosevelt is often interpreted through the lens of environmental conservation. In it, he attacks the exploitative practices of many firms at the time and speaks of the peril in which they place their future generations. During his presidency, he implemented many aggressive policies to fix the problems he saw in American society. Besides limiting the power of trusts during that era, he championed environmental conservation by expanding the national park system and designating large swaths of land as protected. This way, he hoped to balance the extraction of resources America needed then with the needs of America in the future.     But ...