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Category Archives: US politics
Russia, the US, Putin, Trump, and Obama
This is potentially an explosive period in US political history with global implications. And we now face a critical moment. What I will share today is disturbing, but real. I think George Friedman at Geopolitical Futures provides a very frank, … Continue reading
Posted in Global analysis, Global politics, US politics
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George Friedman’s shocker
This is not just unprecedented, it is simply shocking. If you don’t know who George Friedman is, you can google him. He founded Stratfor, then left when it grew larger than he liked and founded Geopolitical Futures. He is perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Global analysis, Global politics, The Future, US politics
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We need a new act in the American political circus
I give up. I have been trying to avoid the quadrennial American political circus that, this year, is especially disturbing. I have taken an essay I published here two years ago and updated the statistics, some of the text, and … Continue reading
Posted in US politics
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A Lesson for America from the Frontier
If you were to ask me to identify the most damaging war in American history, it would have to be the war it fought with itself from 1861 to 1865. In retrospect, many argue that the Union was never in … Continue reading
Posted in Global analysis, Global politics, US economy, US politics
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George Friedman on: The Crisis of the Well-Crafted Candidate
Those who read this blog probably know that I respect George Friedman and his global analytical firm, Stratfor. Today, he did something he normally refuses to do. He discussed the current US Presidential nomination process. In addition, he has given … Continue reading
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Automation versus a $15 minimum wage
One of the joys of being an American citizen living outside the United States is that it can give you at least the illusion of separation from the shouting and anger of the current American political scene. I may have … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, US politics
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Preparing for the Third Iraq War
As I work on a more comprehensive, global forecast for the next ten to fifteen years, I try to avoid spending time on matters of immediate media interest. The war in the Ukraine is an example. I will make an … Continue reading
Posted in Global analysis, Global politics, US politics
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Not in denial, in avoidance
Last week, I discussed what I think is clear about the increasing concentration of income in the hands of fewer people in the US. I used a graph of the income earned by the top 5% of US taxpayers as … Continue reading
Posted in Global analysis, Global politics, Investing, US economy, US politics
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Lost in the Forest
The excitement caused by Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” has died down. The futility of implementing his proposed global wealth tax is obvious to all but the most blindly ideological. The argument over how one determines “wealth” will … Continue reading
Posted in US economy, US politics
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The global crisis summed up in a single word
It has been seven months since I last posted here and most of you have probably decided I passed away, fell off the edge of the earth, or some such fate. But there has been a reason, a very simple … Continue reading
Posted in Global politics, US politics
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