Tag: Happiness Index

What is Next Muncie?

Post author By Todd Smekens
Post date July 26, 2018

By: Todd Smekens Muncie, Indiana Blog– In case you’ve not discovered the connections between all things Muncie, we have a trust fund managed by Jud Fisher, a descendant of the Ball Family who became incredibly wealthy off access to cheap natural gas and low land and labor costs. They amassed a fortune even though their […]

Tags Ball Family Trusts, Ball State, Boomers, Geoffrey Mearns, Happiness Index, Indiana, IU/Ball Memorial Hospital, Jeff Bird, Jud Fisher, Millennials, Muncie, Next Muncie, Nonprofit Quarterly, NYSE, Social Progress, Student Loans

Community Culture

America’s Biggest Social Divide: Winners and Losers

Post author By Guest Writer
Post date October 8, 2017

America’s Social Divide of Winners/Losers October 8, 2017 by Neal Gabler This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. There are plenty of reasons to bristle at President Trump’s tweets on Puerto Rico, which is suffering horribly from Hurricane Maria, not least of which is the racist suggestion that Hispanics there don’t deserve the same treatment as […]

Tags commercial culture, commercialism, Culture, Frank Capra, Happiness Index, Hurricane Maria, Neal Gabler, Pew Research, President Donald Trump, Puerto Rico, Robert Frank