Trump Takes U.S. Out of Paris Accord on Climate Decision promoted by the need to shore domestic political base
WASHINGTON – U.S. coal miners and out of work factory workers: this is for you! President Donald Trump publicly...
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The Dream Of New U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Millions of jobs moved to China and elsewhere in Asia years ago. They are not coming back to America.
WASHINGTON – We know that President Donald Trump pledged to renegotiate (supposedly unfair) trade agreements worldwide with the goal...
The Obama Foreign Policy Record Hesitation and retreat mark Obama's eight year in office
WASHINGTON – The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
Living In A False Data World Authoritarian governments produce fake statistics that further political goals
WASHINGTON – We are used to hear that we live in a “data driven” world. Thanks to ICT and...
Too Many Bad Loans In India Well connected tycoons get all the credit they want
WASHINGTON – India recently decided to change its methodology for calculating GDP and the rate of growth. And, presto,...
Maersk Warning About Global Slow Down – Recession In the US? Trade flows have been reduced. The worst since 2008
WASHINGTON – Maersk, (based in Denmark) is the largest shipping conglomerate in the world. Their business is to transport...
Emerging Markets Crisis Dragging Down The Global Economy Commodities prices collapse exposing trillions of dollars of bad debt. Negative ripple effects
WASHINGTON – Will emerging markets in crisis drag down the global economy? Probably not. But they have added and...
“The Economist” Mocking China Front page illustraation showing a scared dragon going downhill while a disheveled President Xi tries to stay on the saddle
WASHINGTON – It is no surprise that The Economist‘s cover this week is about China. The Shanghai Stock Market...
How Much Overcapacity In China? Monstrous Cement production went beyond any thinkable measure
WASHINGTON – It has been said many times that the recent commodity prices collapse is due to sudden lack...
China Worries Fostered By Unreliable Government Data Analysts tend to think the worst when something unusual happens
WASHINGTON – What’s going on in the Chinese economy? Nobody knows, really. We get bits and pieces; but not...