Summary Greek Bailout Fund, a crowdfunding venture seeking to pay off Greece’s latest debt payment due June 30, was kicked off this week and has already received over 160,000 euros. However, in order to pay off Greece’s latest debt payment, the initiative needs 1.6 billion euros. Proponents of the campaign say this equates to every European paying 3 euros. As Greece lurches towards default, this crowdfunding venture is admirable, but will most likely fall short of its goal fo

When browsing Twitter for news this morning, I saw a disheartening story flash across my screen: “Zimbabwe offers new exchange rate: $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars.” According to that article from the Guardian, “Zimbabweans will start exchanging ‘quadrillions’ of local dollars for a few US dollars next week as President Robert Mugabe’s government discards its virtually worthless national currency. “The southern African country started using foreign currencies inclu

Recently an individual came to speak to one of my political science classes at my university. They spoke about the money that controling elections, the underrepresentation that every Californian faces, and the lack of governmental accountability. These problems seem extremely prevalent in today’s society so I decided to learn more about this representative’s organization. He works for a group called Neighborhood Legislature and when I learned about their cause, I jumped on bo