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I-2022

PUBLIUS

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WHO WE ARE

Publius: The Xavier Smith Scholars’ Magazine

 

Publius is a periodic magazine that focuses on current affairs, global and domestic economic, finance, and legal issues, and political, economic, and legal thoughts. It is produced and edited by Xavier University’s Smith Scholars.

  • Production and Web Development Editor: Xavier Escalante and Juan David Patino

  • Production Editor: John Fritz

  • Development Editor: Sophia Grimes

  • Development Editor: Carson Rayhill

  • Faculty Advisor and Executive Editor: Stafford Johnson

 

  • Smith Scholar Writers and Contributors: John Fritz, Sophia Grimes, Carson Rayhill, Luke Schmelzer, Jennifer Teague, Addison Moe and Noelle Ullery.

  • Other Contributors: Steve Frankel, Stafford Johnson, Josephine Lando and Shannon Price

Categories

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Economics & Finance

Bubbles, Efficient Markets, and Behavioral Finance

Smith Research Fellows Staff

From the beginning of 1995 to April 2000, the S&P 500 increased 227% from 466 to 1,524; even more impressive, the NASDAQ 100 index increased more than 12 fold from 347 to 4,692. This was the Dot-Com boom period, described by Federal Reserve Chair, Alan Greenspan, at the time as one of “irrational exuberance”.

Economics & Finance

Contributors to the Economic History of Thought

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Economics & Finance

Swaps: The $37 Trillion Market

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Over the past 50 years, the investment industry has seen stock market and real estate bubbles, interest rates approaching zero, the emergence of hedge funds and private equity companies, the globalization of financial markets, the proliferation of derivative securities, and the growth of securitized assets and structured financing.

Economics & Finance

Nobel Perspectives: Wassily Leontief: Input Output Models

Smith Research Fellows Staff

An old economics professor always would start his principles classes by telling his students a trite story about some average person ...

Domestic

Sprawl and the Evolution of the American Dream

Shanon Price

The impulse to push boundaries and to seek new and unknown environments has been an integral part of American culture since the country’s founding.

Domestic

Supreme Court v. State Rights

Sophia Grimes

The prestige of the Supreme Court stems from its impartiality and its ability to make decisions that are consistent with the Constitution. Political parties, personal beliefs, and public opinion aside, the Court is solely concerned with the integrity it holds under the Constitution to make objective decisions.

Domestic

Everyone Deserves A Second Chance

John Fritz

The Economic Impact of Mass Incarceration and the Hope Presented by Second Chance Employment Poverty is an issue of which all people are...

Domestic

KPMG Cheating Scandal

Jennifer Teague

In accounting, auditors utilize their judgment to determine decisions that will best benefit the company while practicing transparency...

Global

From Beaches to Battleships

Carson Rayhill

How a fight for gas has reignited disputes in the eastern Mediterranean

Global

Rwanda; After the Genocide

Josephine Lando

Many people’s knowledge of Rwanda is limited to the 1994 genocide. Since then, though, the country has undergone a remarkable transformation. Twenty-six years after a genocide in which up to a million people were murdered in a hundred days, Rwanda surprisingly shows only a few obvious scars from the tragedy.

Commentary & Thoughts

Book Excerpts

Smith Research Fellows Staff

“This is the fundamental fact on which the whole philosophy of individualism is based. It does not assume, as is often asserted, that man...

Commentary & Thoughts

Academia's Other Mission: Making Students Interesting

Smith Research Fellows Staff

In an interview with CBS, Dr. Nannerl Keohane, the former President of Duke University, was asked what she thought was the real mission of her university. After some reflection, Dr. Keohane responded that she saw the mission of Duke as one of making each student a more interesting person.

By The Numbers

Return Performance of Bloomberg Cincinnati Stock Index

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Bloomberg's Cincinnati Index is a weighted Index Measuring the Equity Performance of the Equity of the Cincinnati Area’s Companies...

By The Numbers

Economic Update: Fall 2021

Smith Research Fellows Staff

In the fourth quarter of 2021, The U.S. economy moved into a moderate recovery stage with GDP reaching its pre-pandemic level. However, the slow labor market recovery, supply-chain disruptions, energy price increases, product and material shortages, and transportation bottlenecks, combined with the unprecedented expansionary fiscal and monetary policy stimulants, contributed to a high inflation rate of 7%.

I-2022 All Articles

Economics & Finance

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Bubbles, Efficient Markets, and Behavioral Finance

Economics & Finance

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Contributors to the Economic History of Thought

Economics & Finance

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Swaps: The $37 Trillion Market

Economics & Finance

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Nobel Perspectives: Wassily Leontief: Input Output Models

Domestic

Shanon Price

Sprawl and the Evolution of the American Dream

Domestic

Sophia Grimes

Supreme Court v. State Rights

Domestic

John Fritz

Everyone Deserves A Second Chance

Domestic

Jennifer Teague

KPMG Cheating Scandal

Global

Carson Rayhill

From Beaches to Battleships

Global

Josephine Lando

Rwanda; After the Genocide

Commentary & Thoughts

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Book Excerpts

Commentary & Thoughts

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Academia's Other Mission: Making Students Interesting

By The Numbers

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Return Performance of Bloomberg Cincinnati Stock Index

By The Numbers

Smith Research Fellows Staff

Economic Update: Fall 2021

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