Oil Is King, For Now Renewable energy is not yet economically viable. But its day will come
WASHINGTON – In an interview with FORTUNE magazine, Chevron CEO John Watson argued that, whatever the oil prices wild...
Category: Economy
April 4th Was NATO’s Anniversary This date marks the beginning of the most extarordinary security and political alliance in modern history. But nobody paid any attention
WASHINGTON – April 4th 2015 came and went. Nobody paid any attention to this date. And why should they?...
On-Line Universities Will Soon Replace Traditional Higher Education Why pay $ 50,000 a year when you can get the same product through your computer, at a fraction of the cost?
WASHINGTON – We may very well be at the beginning of a fundamental revolution that will transform American...
The Republicans Should Promote a Genuine Opportunity Society Creating a sound macroeconomic environment is not enough. Millions of poor Americans have no access to education and real jobs
WASHINGTON – Despite recent electoral victories, US Republicans may be condemned to irrelevance. And this is because of...
Tepid US Jobs Growth Fewer jobs and a soft economy. We are not back to normal
WASHINGTON – The weak US jobs report, coupled with downward revisions for the two preceding months, is a reliable, if disturbing, indicator of...
Lee Kuan Yew Built Singapore – Great Deed? This super efficient city-state will soon be empty. Singapore women have the lowest fertility rate in the world
WASHINGTON – Lee Kuan Yew, the architect of modern Singapore is dead. He ruled Singapore for 30 years as...
Fed Induced Wall Street Bubble Keeps Going – For Now Zero interets rates will keep stocks artificially high for longer than we thought. Is this what we call good news?
WASHINGTON – Right before the most recent Federal Open Market Committee, (FOMC), meeting, Wall Street was on edge. Would...
China Is Slowing Down – Old Model Not Working Anymore Declining industrial production and a lot of bad debt force public officials to revise growth estimates
WASHINGTON – We all know that the Chinese economy is slowing down. But we do not know all the facts....
80% Of All US Children Follow A Bad Diet Because of junk food, millions of American kids are developing heart disease
WASHINGTON – The alarming news is that millions of American children now exhibit signs of heart disease normally found...
Cheap Fossil Fuels Killed Renewable Energy Wind and solar had a brief moment of glory because of political mandates. But now there is just too much cheap oil and gas
WASHINGTON – Renewable energy had its great moment when we had the convergence between Global Warming predictions (or prophesies?)...