The Federal Reserve is about to stage its annual gathering of economists and other policy-makers in Jackson Hole later this month but I beat them here (seen above on Jackson Lake.) Which means that I get to help set the stage with these informal reflections on China, the environment, tourism, immigration and the like. CHINA: […]…
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Sixty percent of China’s Exports to the U.S. Are From Non-Chinese-owned entities
I have never heard of Mary Lovely of Syracuse University but she offers some welcomed rational thinking in this op ed in today’s New York Times. I recently estimated that more than 50 percent of China’s exports to the United States were not manufactured by Chinese entities. But she estimates that 60 percent of China’s […]…
New Electric Engines Are Amazing
We’re just beginning to test the limits of electric engines for vehicles…See this article…
My latest on lithium ion batteries
In Compass magazine, the thought leadership platform for Dassault Systemes…
How America Has Benefitted From The Global Trading System
President Trump loves to play on American fears that we have been victimized by evil foreigners. He says we are the “laughing stock” of the world and the world’s “piggy bank” because of our persistent trade deficits. But in truth, if any other country ran such large trade and fiscal deficits for so many decades, […]…
