Mass Produced Electric Cars? Sooner Than You Think The cost of batteries is going down. EVs are becoming more affordable
WASHINGTON – The still unresolved issue that will determine if and when there will be real mass demand for Electric...
Category: Economy
Obama Is The Big Loser In This Election The hard reality is that most American voters do not care about his legacy
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 Too many years of zero interest rates caused a stock market bubble
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 The poor cannot get a good education. And so, they stay poor
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 The US shale oil industry managed to become more productive and more efficient
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? Exxon apparently knew a long time that fossil fuels cause global warming but denied it in public
WASHINGTON – Here is the thing. We know now that ExxonMobil’s internal documents reveal that experts working for the...
First Comes Growth Then New Jobs in our politically correct word jobs can be willed into place, whatever the economic fundamentals
WASHINGTON – Every day I walk by a giant banner hanging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce imposing building...
Italy Overwhelmed by Poor African Immigrants economic and political refugees keep stream in, while Italy's native population is shrinking
WASHINGTON – Italy has two major demographic problems. Both of them carry bad outcomes. Italy is the destination of...
Can Brexit Be Reversed? Many Britons regret voting Leave. A new deal with Brussels may justify a new referendum
WASHINGTON – Looking at the reactions of sadness and disbelief in Britain to the results of the Brexit vote,...
Brexit Should Force EU To Rethink Its Purpose Europe is mostly a morass of complicated rules that many Europeans find oppressive
WASHINGTON – The most improbable is now reality. Great Britain opted out of Europe. What does this Brexit vote...