Trump's Biggest Test So Far
Authored by Eric Zuesse,
On December 7th, was posed the biggest test so far of the mettle of America’s President-Elect, Donald Trump.
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Carrier & The Broken Window Narrative
Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
“Trump saves jobs in Indiana before even being President. This is how you make ‘America Great Again.”
What Has Gone Wrong With Oil Prices, Debt, & GDP Growth?
Submitted by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog,
Our economy is a mystery to almost everyone, including economists. Let me explain the way I see the situation:
(1) The big thing that pulls the economy forward is the time-shifting nature of debt and debt-like instruments.
"China Should Build More Nuclear Arms, ICBMs In Response To Trump": Local Press
While China has been busy de-escalating the recent diplomatic spat with president-elect Donald Trump, with Beijing going so far as to call Trump's ambassador to China, Terry Brandstad, an "old friend", in a less diplomatic-context it is busy pushing every bellicose, nationalist button it can find. In a Thursday editorial in Global Times, China said it should "significantly" increase military spending and produce more nuclear weapons as a response to US President-elect Donald Trump,
Life Expectancy In U.S. Drops For The First Time In Decades - "This Is A Big Deal"
For the first time in two decades, according to a new study released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the life expectancy of the average American declined in 2015. Of course, with America's obesity epidemic spiraling out of control it probably shouldn't be a surprise that the occurrence of deaths related to America's number 1 killer, heart disease, is on the rise (see "FatLivesMatter: At Least 1 Out Of Every 5 People Are Obese In All 50 States").