Introduction / Polling: YouGov http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/k7ogztxiwp/tabs_HP_pennies_20140110.pdf 1. Getting rid of the penny won't harm consumers or businesses: Many thanks to Raymond Lombra and Robert Whaples for providing the data used in their papers: Raymond Lombra https://www.jstor.org/stable/40326060#metadata_info_tab_contents Robert Whaples http://web.holycross.edu/RePEc/eej/Archive/Volume33/V33N1P139_146.pdf 2. The penny costs the government millions each year: LiveScience https://www.livescience.com/32401-whats-a-penny-made-of.html Quartz https://www.theatlas.com/charts/r1Yc_aQGQ Coin News http://www.coinnews.net/2018/02/26/penny-costs-1-82-cents-to-make-in-2017/ Coin Update http://news.coinupdate.com/us-mint-cost-to-produce-the-penny-and-nickel-0137/ 3. Pennies have no value: Missouri Libraries: prices and wages by decade https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/pricesandwages Coffee by AlePio from the Noun Project Chocolate by Korokoro from the Noun Project Newspaper by unlimicon from the Noun Project Stamp by Setyo Ari Wibowo from the Noun Project Bread by Artem Kovyazin from the Noun Project D3 flexbox layout: Amber Thomas, The Pudding https://pudding.cool/process/flexbox-layout/ Thanks to the following readers and faculty members who helped me with my thesis: Steven Braun Pedro Cruz James D'Angelo Tad Hirsch Paul Kahn Dietmar Offenhuber Antonio Solano Thanks to all of my classmates for helping me get through this. I love you Mom, Dad, and Mom-mom.