Trump is not a fascist (yet), but is clearly moving down the road to that
How China will respond to more U.S. tariffs and technology transfer is the crux of any U.S.-China trade agreement—or trade war
The emergence of a right wing grass roots movement, better organized and well financed, and willing to engage in violent confrontations against other protestors and demonstrators in the streets, may soon be upon us
Trump’s Phony Trade War Confirmed
The debunking of Trump claims before the UN about US GDP, US unemployment, and US wages in what follows shows how the crude and the clever often coincide
The financial kindling is there. All it now takes is a spark to set it off. The next financial crisis is coming. The last decade, 2008-18, is eerily similar to the periods 1921-1929 and 1996-2007
The 10th Anniversary of Lehman Brothers 2008
Higher college education as we know it will largely disappear with the coming diffusion of AI tech throughout the US system
Over the 2020 to 2030 decade, Amazon the tech company will be at the leading edge of AI development and its devastating negative impact on the majority of jobs and wages
US wages have been declining for some time and that decline continues in 2018 despite the media-government spin that wages are rising in America
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