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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
Are Google, Facebook and Twitter Really News Organizations?
October 4, 2017
This is really a critical question and this piece in the New York Times goes right to the heart of it. I’ve seen this through the prism of my work at the Overseas Press Club where I try to sell tables to the annual dinner. In my contacts with Google and Facebook, they argue that […]
Come to this special OPC panel discussion on Afghanistan on Oct. 10
September 15, 2017
I am pleased to be moderating a panel discussion on America’s longest war, the one we’ve been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001. I’ll have three top correspondents–Kathy Gannon of the Associated Press; David Rohde, previously with the New York Times and now with the New Yorker magazine; and Jere van Dyk, who has covered the […]
This is really an important article in Automotive News China.
September 13, 2017
If Michael Dunne is right and the Chinese insist that all foreign automakers transfer their electric car technology to their Chinese partners, it could mark the beginning of the end for the world’s automakers, which have been making huge profits in China. When I visited Shanghai in 2008 to write about General Motors’ joint venture […]
My take on the future of autonomous vehicles
September 12, 2017
LIDAR for Driverless Cars, Bill Holstein Speaks
What are they thinking at Exxon Mobil?
August 28, 2017
Look out the windows, boys and girls at Exxon Mobil headquarters in Houston. Mother Nature may be trying to send you a message! Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city, is arguably the capital of the American energy industry, which has argued that climate change is just a theory that scientists cannot establish beyond a shadow […]
Trump and the CEOs: The Real Message
August 21, 2017
After contemplating all the analysis of the fall-out between President Trump and leading American chief executive officers, I don’t think one message has been well-communicated: CEOs are committed to a pluralistic vision of America’s future because that’s what makes the most sense from a profit point of view. Even though boards and CEO jobs are […]
