The New York Times Take on Puerto Rico

I wish to congratulate the Times yet again. They are following closer and closer on my heels. I am beginning to feel the competitive pressure! Here they are, just after my previous blog on Puerto Rico: Economy and Crime Spur New Puerto Rican Exodus By LIZETTE ALVAREZ FEB. 8, 2014 Launch media viewer SIGNS OF […]…

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Earth to Apple: You Have a Problem in China

For several decades now, Apple and many other major manufacturers have assumed that a basic model of manufacturing in China would endure forever: the Chinese would allow virtually unlimited import of Japanese parts for assembly into products destined for both the Chinese market and the world. The Apple iPhone, according to one study, consists of […]…

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China-U.S. Relations, 35 Years Later

It was 35 years ago this month that the United States and China normalized relations. It was also 35 years ago this month that I arrived in Hong Kong as a correspondent for United Press International. I didn’t realize how impeccable my timing was. China has exploded economically, as many of us thought it would. […]…

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The Ignorance of the Economics Profession

The full ignorance of the economics profession was on full display this past weekend at the meetings of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia. According to the Wall Street Journal account, economists are so baffled about what is happening, or not happening, in the American economy that they gravitated to discussing the work of Alvin […]…

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Mary Barra at GM: What It Really Means

Much of the media coverage of the selection of Mary Barra as CEO of General Motors has focused on the fact that she is a woman. That’s very interesting, but it’s not all of the story. Here are the other elements that are being largely ignored: –She is part of a generation of GM people […]…

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