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...
Category: Politics
Saudi Arabia’s Goal: Hurt Iran Low oil prices are meant to strangle the oil-dependent Iranian economy
WASHINGTON – A few days ago I argued that Saudi Arabia is imposing rock bottom oil prices through over...
Obama Talks About Gun Violence In Order To Avoid Embarrassing Issues While major crises pile on, with a clever move the President got everybody to focus on his modest gun control initiative
WASHINGTON – I’ve got to hand it to President Obama. He is a really capable politician. And probably the...
China’s Economic Slide And Its Political Repercussions The stock market fall may be an indication of more bad news to come
WASHINGTON – The big 7% Shanghai stock market loss right at the start of the new year is surprising....
300 Million Guns In America – Limiting New Sales Will Not Cut Murders Obama's attempt to create more stringent procedures amounts to political posturing
WASHINGTON – Here is an interesting (front page) headline from The Financial Times: Obama prepares to impose controls on...
America Needs An Inclusive, Optimistic Republican Party Unfortunately, the candidates who propose education reform get no support
WASHINGTON – More than ever before, America needs an enlightened, inclusive and optimistic Republican Party. Simply stated, the old...
Fight Inequality With Improved Public Education No, it is not. The challenge is how to respond to globalization and technological progress
WASHINGTON – In the course of a popular national radio show, an important journalist declared that “the Big Issue”...
Argentina Recreated A Reliable Statistics Agency Modern capitalism needs real data as a foundation for decisions on investments and expenditures
WASHINGTON – Newly elected Argentine President Mauricio Macri wasted no time to create a new, pro-growth business climate. He...
There Will Be No Real Palestinian State Israel will accept only an autonomous entity for ever dependent on the Jewish state
WASHINGTON – A couple of recent interviews with two Israeli citizens, the first one a seasoned policy-maker with an impressive...
Saudi Monarchy Losing Control? A quick prediction in TIME magazine says that may happen in 2016
WASHINGTON – The very last page of the latest TIME magazine double issue about what we can expect in the New Year...