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China: neither military nor monetary threat

by Savvas Savouri | Nov 8, 2021 | The Economist, zOurWriters1

Seldom since its civil war and prior to that its battle for independence, has America’s internal future/fortunes been so vulnerable to the actions of outsiders serving their own ambitions. This time, however, it isn’t dealing with the conflicting colonial interests of...

Got the autumn blues, put on my walking shoes

by Garrison Keillor | Nov 8, 2021 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

I love October and I hate to see it pass so quickly. My love and I ate dinner outdoors last Friday and it felt like the Last Time and as an old man, I find Lasts rather painful. I rode the Amtrak into New York from Boston, with that delicious flight in Queens as the...

Green lending

by Paul David Richard Griffiths | Nov 8, 2021 | The Economist, zLead Article, zNewsletter

World’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards. Over 450 of the world’s banks have committed to a new initiative at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, which is designed to decarbonise their investments. Overseen by former Bank of...

The logistics boom

by Simon Wallace | Nov 5, 2021 | The Economist, zLead Article

How long can it last? Visiting logistics facilities is a big part of my working life. Not my favourite part – memories of teenage nights spent toiling away in a Shropshire butter factory may have something to do with that – but a necessary one in this booming sector....

Spendthrift Uncle Sam no longer can afford to run the world

by Doug Bandow | Nov 4, 2021 | Golden Oldie, Political Insider

Originally published September 2021. Virtually no one in Washington even pretends to be concerned about federal spending and deficits anymore. The Biden administration is going wild as the US nears the debt-to-GDP record set after World War II. Under President George...