“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money” ~ Douglas Adams Everyone provides service in some form, and what makes your services unique? My family has an expansive history of serving community and country, exposing me to various societal problems since childhood. Early on, I observed that the services for disadvantaged people do not make adequate changes upon lives. The government’s attempts to support only focus on material aspects—the welfare system...

Sir Adam Smith wrote: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest.” We cannot deny the role that incentives have played in our economy; however, we should not ignore the flaws produced by that dynamic. There’s a new suffering race challenged by a growing income gap, an M-shaped society, and most abysmally, an opportunity shortage. It is my destiny to...

“What is an economy?” I wondered as I watched The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short. As a boy, I was surprised by the magical power of the monetary system and those extraordinarily intelligent investors. “They are the magicians in the stock market,” I thought, and “I want to be one of them too!” I learned my first economics lesson from Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad series. The story of investment was inspiring and meaningful; however, I was...