Monthly Archives: May, 2019

Possible Fed Nominee Questions Dual Mandate

Judy Shelton, a possible nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors, has questioned the Fed's dual mandate, that is, to target full employment...

Can Brick and Mortar Stores Ever Catch Up Online?

In response to Amazon's complete revolution of the retail industry, many companies with traditionally brick and mortar operations are racing to catch up online....

China’s Rare Earth Threat is a Symptom of the Problem Trump is Fighting

Bloomberg has reported that China is threatening to restrict the supplies of rare earth metals as part of its ongoing trade war with the...

Are Your Tax Dollars Paying Ghost Workers?

There are ghosts among us. No not supernatural beings from beyond the grave, but ghost workers. These are employees who spend their time working...

Illinois Goes Back to the Trough

Illinois politicians, led now by Governor J.D. Pritzker, are aiming to end constitutional protections of taxpayers in Illinois, and to raise taxes on the...

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Great Solar Wall Plans Unveiled

The US Energy Information Administration reports that China’s utility-scale...

Policy Failures Push Australia Toward Costly LNG Imports

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies reports that Australia’s...

Trade War Forces Chinese Plastics Factories to the Brink

According to Nicholas Lua of Bloomberg, China's plastics factories,...

Rare Earth Recovery: A Green Solution to Rising U.S.–China Tensions

Rising U.S.–China tariffs have disrupted rare earth supplies, threatening...

Ex-Intel CEO Admits: Nvidia’s Lead Is Massive

Brian Sozzi of Yahoo Finance reports that former Intel...

Australia’s Rare Earths Surge Amid China’s Export Curbs

Nic Fildes of Financial Times reports that following China’s...

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The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

What Did Investors Expect?

What did investors expect? Markets don’t go up forever....