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The Role of Social Support in the Relationship Between Financial Hardship and Multimorbidity
Social disadvantage is a key determinant of multimorbidity. Pathways through which social disadvantages lead to multimorbidity are yet undefined. In this blog, I will first examine the casual effect of moving into financial hardship amomg adults, and then the role of social support as a mediator of the relationship between financioal hardship and multimorbidity. Data…
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Homelessness and Black History: Poverty and Income
The hardships of poverty and the lack of a robust safety net makes it extremely likely that a person experiencing poverty will be unable to afford necessary expenses like food, health care, and housing, making it a key predictor for homelessness. Therefore, African Americans overrepresentation among people living in poverty directly leads to their overrepresentation…
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The Wright Info Christmas Message
First of all I want to wish everyone who follows The Wright Info and The Wright Info Podcast Show a Merry Christmas and hoping that everyone is enjoying their holiday so far. We still got Kwanzaa and New Year’s coming up so there’s still a lot of celebrating to do. Everyone just keep reading my…
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How Small Businesses Can Weather Inflation
Inflation has been a serious setback in the post-pandemic recovery. Key measures of inflation increased 7% in 2021, and we don’t seem to be finished with it just yet. Small business owners face additional challenges due to inflation. 22% of small business owners say that inflation is their number one concern. How do you keep…
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Minority Communities are Investing in Crypto to Escape Financial Discrimination
African-American and LGBT Americans are more than twice as likely to in cryptocurrency than white Americans. A survey provided to 2,010 and 2,003 American adults onnducted between June and July of this year show that 23% of African Americans and 17% of Hispanics indicated that they are currently investing in digital assets, compared to only…
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The Efficient Market Hypothesis
In economic theory, there is a concept of market efficiency; the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is one of the basic ideas of finance theory. There are three forms of market efficiency: weak, strong and semi-strong. The criterion of efficiency is determined by the access of its participants to information. The completeness of the information regarding…
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The Past Recession and the American Dream of Education
This blog post aims to analyse the ill effects of the recession we recently had which occurred and the terrible consequences which families, students and children in America are currently facing (or were) facing. This blog explores the dreams and future hopes of families with regards to the academic and professional prospects of their children…
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Diversity and the Path to Economic Growth
While everyone is talking about the two political party’s agenda going forward and the great political divide that besets the nation, both the Democratic and Republican parties speak a common goal: economic growth. With that growth, the United States can’t fulfill an all-American agenda: putting Americans to work, fostering enterprise, attracting foreign investments, expanding the…
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Labor Laws: Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Workers compensation fraud is a crime that is punishable by law. It happens when an individual willfully makes a false statement to receive worker’s comp benefits. Based on this, if I suspect that a patient was committing worker’s compensation fraud, I would report the issue, the administrator will investigate the matter and make a decision,…
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Activism on Social Media varies by Race and Ethnicity, Age and Political Party
From global protests against racial injustice during the 2020 elections, some Americans who use social media are taking to these platforms to mobilize others and show their support for causes and issues. But experiences and attitudes related to political activities on social media vary by race, ethnicity, age and party. People can be politically active…