Tag: Economy
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If current trends continue, the last South Korean will die in 2750. Korea’s fertility rate is 0.72 children per woman, the lowest in the world. But nearly every developed country is below the replacement rate of 2.1. The United States is at just 1.66. And although most of us are…
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“China’s past thirty years of economic growth has been impressive, but they’ve also left the People’s Republic with roughly the per person income of Mexico. Nobody worries about Mexico dominating twenty-first-century power politics or asks how we’re going to stop them from winning the future. The difference is there are…
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US growth is trouncing Europe and most of the developed world. While other countries are still struggling to recover economically from COVID, America is racing ahead. Bold federal spending during COVID is a key reason why the US is outpacing the rest of the world. Mark this day — I…
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“It was like 24,992 people making dough and 8 losing it.” On September 15 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. It was the largest bankruptcy in American history at the time. Larry McDonald had a front row seat. In the book A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, the former Lehman…
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I paid $6.79 for 18 eggs recently. No wonder the consumer is in trouble. For fortunate people like me, inflation is just an annoyance. But for people of modest means, it’s a crisis. “How long can people keep going like this?” I wondered. So this morning, I dug into some…
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In just 68 days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated. These should be his priorities: 1) Peace in Ukraine. Ending the war in Ukraine is the biggest reason I voted for Trump. Today, our weapons are being used to attack the Russian homeland. Russia may react to this with nuclear weapons.…
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I never thought I’d vote for Donald Trump in a million years. In 2016, I was knocking doors in Pennsylvania for Hillary. But after 4 disastrous years with Biden and Harris, I’m all-in on Trump. Here’s what made me change my mind… Staying out of WWIII The war in Ukraine…
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Kamala Harris announced plans to stop “price gouging” on groceries at a speech on Friday. This plan could lead to price controls for groceries for the first time since the 1970’s. Every time I go to the store, I’m shocked at the total. Harris isn’t wrong that there’s a problem.…
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What if we had an AI Copilot for the economy? Yesterday, Anthropic released what amounts to a beta, and it’s already got amazing capabilities. Check this video out: In the demo, Anthropic uses its AI to project the GDP of the US and other major countries into the future. Everything…
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Elon Musk’s new Optimus robot can fold t-shirts. How long until it’s making them? Musk released a video of Tesla’s new Optimus robot folding a t-shirt yesterday on X: The short video shows the robot slowly but surely turning a t-shirt into a neat little package. Robots usually struggle with…
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