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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.
Attacking NAFTA Is The Wrong Way to Create Jobs
October 25, 2017
There’s a fundamental debate occurring about how to create jobs for Americans who have been bypassed by technological and global trends. President Trump’s approach seems to be to undo the forces of globalization and force manufacturers to bring jobs back to the United States. But the right response is to send a clear message that […]
The Dumbest Story on Trade Ever to Appear in The New York Times
October 18, 2017
It’s a good subject–“What Can Be done About the Trade Deficit–” but Eduardo Porter today offers the single lamest exploration of this subject I can recall. Ever. First of all, he uses the old canard that Japan is finished. “Hobbled by a two-decade slump, Japan is out of the picture.” I covered the trade tensions […]
Training Opportunity For Freelance Journalists
October 17, 2017
An organization called A Culture of Safety, on whose board I sit, is offering important training to any journalist who covers potentially dangerous regions–and today, that means most of the world. Here is the application form. HEFAT stands for Hostile Environments and Emergency First-Aid Training. ACOS and allied media organizations are subsidizing the costs of […]
The Single Most Worrisome Trend in China
October 13, 2017
There are many troubling trends in China these days–the government has recentralized power and is creating a cult of personality around President Xi Jinping, who is expected at an upcoming meeting of the Communist Party to seek to extend his term in office beyond the traditional 10 years. Xi has crushed dissent and arrested or […]
The United States Has No Strategy To Win in Afghanistan
October 12, 2017
I was delighted to be able to moderate this excellent panel discussion on “America’s Longest War,” meaning the one in Afghanistan. It was an Overseas Press Club event featuring Kathy Gannon, David Rohde and Jere Van Dyk, three journalists with deep experience in Afghanistan. Watch one or more of the video clips.
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 […]
