“Trump Trashes German Trade … The US South Grimaces” — NYTimes
“What concerns me is lack of understanding about the global economy.” Trump’s feud w Angela Merkel on trade strikes disquieting chord in thriving Southern areas […]
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Australia Mortgage Bubble A Disturbing Echo of US “Black September 2008” Collapse – Will It Have Similar Global Repercussions ??? … NYT Op-Ed
“Australia has some of the world’s highest household debt, especially comparing debt to incomes & GDP. Disaster looms if there is a serious economic downturn. […]
China Shrewdly Plays “Long Game” w Trump – Awards Him Preliminary Approval for 27 Personal / Private Brand Trademarks — Conflict of Interest Heaven
Has Xi Jinping been getting advice from Vladimir Putin about how to “manage” Trump ??? China recently granted him preliminary approval for 27 new trademarks […]
Trump Puts Capitol Hill RPBs In Bad Spot By Using Blatantly Cooked, Over-The-Top Growth “Forecasts”: WSJ | Vox
Instead of letting economists build a forecast, Trump’s budget was put together with “transition officials telling staff the growth targets their budget would produce – […]
Oroville Dam Problems: Original Design Flaws / Diagnosed By Environmental Groups / Weak Government Response – LATimes
More than a decade ago, several ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS asked FEDERAL regulators to armor the hillside that forms the emergency spillway. The 2005 filing by Friends […]
Swiss Voters Decisively Reject Corporate Tax Reform, Resisting EU / OECD / Federal Pressure — A Triumph for Direct Democracy, Says One Proud Citizen
Swiss trust & fiduciary expert MARKUS DUCREY, a veteran of the Foreign Ministry and UN Anti-Organized Crime Task Force [Money Laundering], analyzes in detail the […]
Financial Protection Watchdog Faces Multi-Pronged Attack By House RPBs, Leaked Memo Reveals – NYTimes
House RPBs have a plan to effectively destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren [top] and created by Congress in […]
Treasury Nominee Vows No Tax Cut For Rich — Math Says The Opposite | NYTimes
“There will be no tax – absolute tax cut – for the upper class,” Steven Mnuchin, Donald Trump’s Treasury pick, promised three weeks after the […]