For (at least) the second time in a week, Joe Biden pitched his infrastructure plan directly to the US public, telling voters Wednesday that the
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‘Something Went Terribly Wrong’: How To Think About Corporate Virtue Signaling
As I was briskly running through Jamie Dimon’s latest annual letter, it occurred to me that the financial media (especially conservative financial media) will likely
Jamie Dimon Delivers 67-Page Prescriptive Manifesto For America
“While I have a deep and abiding faith in the United States of America and its extraordinary resiliency and capabilities, we do not have a
The Day Janet Yellen Buried Trump’s Foreign Policy
Revenge is a dish best served cold, as Treasury Secretary. More than three years after Donald Trump decreed an end to Janet Yellen’s tenure as
The GOP Versus Corporate America?
You know, it’s funny. For one half of America’s political duopoly, principles aren’t just malleable depending on the circumstances, they’re completely expendable. Deficits, debt and
$2.25 Trillion And ‘The Need To Really Deliver’
Joe Biden wants to tax corporations at a higher rate in order to help offset the cost of frivolous spending on things America doesn’t need
Biden Leaves Little To Analyze As Methodical Mr. Fix-It
Just hours after CDC Director Rochelle Walensky nearly broke down in tears while imploring Americans to stay vigilant during what administration officials have sought to
CDC Director Walensky Tearfully Warns Of ‘Impending Doom’
It’s never a great sign when the CDC Director nearly starts crying while discussing a deadly virus that’s already killed nearly 2.8 million people globally,
Chafing At Xinjiang Rebuke, China Ready To Burn Off Some Fingers
China is irritated. Beijing on Saturday raised the temperature on simmering tensions with the west, slapping sanctions on a Canadian lawmaker and adopting retaliatory measures
Non Sequiturs From A Crazy World
It’s a crazy world, in case you haven’t noticed. Wednesday offered an eclectic hodgepodge of headlines, some of which had absolutely nothing to do with
Just Kidding
In a highly inauspicious development that seemed to telegraph confusion and frustration at the highest levels of the German government, Angela Merkel dropped plans for
‘A Very, Very Serious Situation’
The mood was cautious Tuesday, as the pandemic fight, now in its second year, weighed on sentiment. The locus of concern is Europe, where vaccine
Baked Alaska
Chinese stocks crumbled Friday, diving nearly 3%, a slide some attributed to acrimony during high-level talks with US officials in Alaska. Blame-casting and name-calling in
‘Astra’nomical Problem Or ‘Temporary’ Setback?
Maybe it’s complacency or maybe it’s the number of safe (as far as we know) and effective alternatives, but markets seem largely unconcerned with proliferating
‘Patriots’ Only
There’s “no need for sudden shifts” in economic policy this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, at the closing of the The National People’s Congress.
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