Chicago born and raised. Southsider. Product of CPS. Elected Representative. These are some of the qualities that make Melissa Conyears-Ervin a treasurer for the Chicagoan people – a treasurer for you. 

In 2007, two roommates, Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky welcomed a couple of guests into their home in San Francisco. They soon realized that their passion for welcoming guests could be turned into a business.

Marketing is the practice of promoting products by categorizing and filtering numerical data. After conducting market research on consumer demographics, or determining consumer preference for product distribution, this data usually gets converted into numbers that are analyzed for patterns and trends by computers, also known as big data.

The effects of the debt ceiling are most widely seen through an elongated government shutdown; however, the effects of no money to keep the country running or paying down the debt are slightly more nuanced.

The Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. As 8.7 million jobs were lost, consumer spending took the biggest hit since World War II ( U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ) . 

Cultural attitudes have shaped economic patterns in the past and continue to do so today. A general shift in societal values is seen in today's world through the theory of postmaterialism – a shift in priorities from overconsumption to self-expression.