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...
Tag: US Competitiveness
First Comes Growth Then New Jobs
WASHINGTON – Every day I walk by a giant banner hanging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce imposing building...
Regulations Kill Enterprise
WASHINGTON – Jim Tankersley reports in The Washington Post, (May 23, 2016), that “The recovery from the Great Recession has...
Public Assistance Is A Curse
WASHINGTON – “Continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To...
Unhappy Americans Look for Culprits
WASHINGTON – The most visible impact of “The Great Stagnation” , (the title of Tyler Cowen’s book provides a good...
Hillary Clinton Will Ban Fracking -Less Energy For America
WASHINGTON – When it comes to America’s energy needs and viable alternatives to fossil fuels, it looks as if...
Maersk Warning About Global Slow Down – Recession In the US?
WASHINGTON – Maersk, (based in Denmark) is the largest shipping conglomerate in the world. Their business is to transport...
US GDP Down – Where Is The Consumer?
WASHINGTON – Was the low US 0.7 % GDP growth figure for the last quarter of 2015 just a...
US Economy and Public Finances Deteriorating – Candidates Talk About Something Else
WASHINGTON – While we wait with trepidation for the outcome of the Iowa caucuses that will finally begin to...
No More Startups In America
WASHINGTON – President Obama confidently declared to the Nation in his last State of the Union Address that the...