Archive: Catalyst
Catalyst brings non-partisan, market-based, and community-oriented solutions to young professionals. Focusing on five issue areas, housing, healthcare, education, privacy, and economy, we offer a welcoming community with timely information, new ideas, and practical tools to inspire individuals to become agents of change.
Should the FDA Ban Flavored Vaping Products?
Tell us what you think!
True or False: How Much Does the NSA Really Spy on You?
Despite the supposed limits imposed by the 2015 USA Freedom Act, in 2017, the NSA acquired data from over 534 million calls & texts. Take our quiz to learn how.
Education Spending
How much do we spend and where does that money actually go?
Happy New Year!
From All of Us at Catalyst
What’s the Most Effective Way to Reduce Poverty?
To help the poor, we should do less.
NIMBY or YIMBY?
Would you support or oppose denser housing developments?
Will Robots Take Our Jobs?
Is Universal Basic Income our only hope, or are there other, better solutions?
Educational Spending
Spend More or Spend Wiser?
Signaling vs. Genuine Education
In his recent book, The Case Against Education, George Mason University Professor of Economics Bryan Caplan asks readers a hypothetical question to illustrate the value of signaling vs. genuine education in the context of a 4-year university.
How Much is Government Housing Policy Costing You?
Take our quiz to find out just how much housing policy drives up the cost of rent.
How Much Do You Know about the Love Gov Episode “A Room Without a View”?
Bound by a restraining order, Scott “Gov” Govinski has an epiphany: Why focus on just one person if you can “help” far more?
LISTEN: Overpolicing and Rights
Do We Have Enough Policing in the United States?