Published inDataDrivenInvestor·PinnedAnalyzing Economic Trends and Solutions for Income Inequality in AmericaThe Context: The American economy post-recession and pre-COVID has done quite well by many measures. The labor market has gone on a job-creating spree that has resulted in more than 110 months straight of employment growth, a record for the post-World War II era. The unemployment rate in November 2019…Economics5 min readEconomics5 min read
Mar 8, 2022Income & Infant Brain Activity: Role of Poverty in Early Childhood DevelopmentIn his book “Give Kids a Fair Chance,” Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman states that “the accident of birth is the greatest source of inequality in America today.” …Poverty2 min readPoverty2 min read
Jan 27, 2022Machines Making Moral JudgementsMorality & Machines. Technology has been a driving force for rapid change since the Industrial Revolution. But during the past 20 years, we have witnessed unprecedented innovation surges. Seismic technology shifts led to a current digital landscape that barely resembles the turn of the century. Every day there seems to…Artificial Intelligence4 min readArtificial Intelligence4 min read
Nov 15, 2021Rawls’ Difference Principle and Global Vaccine DistributionIn a world of constrained resources, most governments and leaders make a concerted effort to prioritize and provide whatever is best for their constituents, locally and nationally. However, when faced with a global pandemic, policymakers must take a worldwide approach when creating programs aimed to curb the spread of the…Vaccine Distribution4 min readVaccine Distribution4 min read
Nov 11, 2021What’s on Senators’ Minds: A Twitter Analysis | November 10, 2021Sensing the increasing polarization in America, in 2020, I embarked on a project to quantify and visualize common ground amongst the 100 senators. The idea was to understand what was on each senator’s mind and common themes that ran through their tweets. The project mines the recent tweets of the…3 min read3 min read
Oct 25, 2021What’s on Senators’ Minds: A Twitter Analysis | October 24, 2021Sensing the increasing polarization in America, in 2020, I embarked on a project to quantify and visualize common ground amongst the 100 senators. The idea was to understand what was on each senator’s mind and common themes that ran through their tweets. The project mines the recent tweets of the…Social Network Analysis3 min readSocial Network Analysis3 min read
Sep 17, 2021How AI and Tech is Revolutionizing the Fight Against Climate ChangeClimate change is one of the most pressing issues the world is facing today. With that, companies are attempting to create tech and utilize artificial intelligence to fight global warming better. As I mentioned in my earlier article on geoengineering, the primary strategies for current climate change are mitigation and…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Sep 1, 2021What’s on Senators’ Minds: A Twitter Analysis | August 30, 2021Sensing the increasing polarization in America, in 2020, I embarked on a project to quantify and visualize common ground amongst the 100…Wildfires3 min readWildfires3 min read
Aug 16, 2021How to Create HTML Charts Using Chart.js and Google SheetsOver the spring I was tasked to create an interactive dashboard, using data from Google Sheets, that could be maintained and updated by people with no knowledge of HTML. While a daunting task, I eventually found a way to create a dashboard soley using HTML and Javascript, that could be…Data Science3 min readData Science3 min read
Aug 3, 2021How False Information Fuels Vaccine HesitancyLike most conversations in today’s politically acerbic atmosphere, the COVID-19 vaccination has turned into a divisive issue, with many people forgoing logic, reason, and science in favor of unsubstantiated speculation. How does a population that overwhelmingly supports the idea of other vaccinations become so pre-disposed towards the concept of COVID…Vaccine Hesitancy3 min readVaccine Hesitancy3 min read
