No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 2
WASHINGTON – International development practitioners focus on policies through which they can eliminate or alleviate poverty, the visible manifestation of...
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No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 1
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally disagree...
Donald Trump And Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON – Casual talk about nuclear weapons and their possible use is not recommended. Likewise, tough remarks about not being outspent...
US Public Education In Crisis
WASHINGTON – The international student proficiency scores gathered under the auspices of the Program for International Student Assessment, (also...
Mass Produced Electric Cars? Sooner Than You Think
WASHINGTON – The still unresolved issue that will determine if and when there will be real mass demand for Electric...
Obama Is The Big Loser In This Election
WASHINGTON – Outgoing President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle actively campaigned for Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. In...
How The US Fed Damaged The American Economy
WASHINGTON – I indicated a while back that whoever would be elected President of the United States on November...
The Tragedy Of The Uneducated Poor in America
WASHINGTON – Much has been said about the “crisis” of American public education. Indeed, if we look at the...
Round One: US Shale Wins, OPEC Loses
WASHINGTON – Here is the news. The US shale oil industry, while badly wounded by the price war waged...
Is Exxon’s Obfuscation About Climate Change A Crime?
WASHINGTON – Here is the thing. We know now that ExxonMobil’s internal documents reveal that experts working for the...