Economic decline articles
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Chinese Mission to ASEAN Holds Media Salon with Theme of China’s Economic Outlook and China-ASEAN Economic and Trade Cooperation
On March 28, the Chinese Mission held the first Media Salon of 2024. Ambassador Hou Yanqi attended the event with diplomats from the...
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Commentary: Is our democracy in decline?
The greatest danger today in the United States is our political system itself. Among the greatest problems we face are the policy of gerrymandering and passage of the Citizens United legislation. Both practices are counter to the idea of democratic government as meant by our Constitution. They are counter to the idea of one man, one vote. A third problematic part of our government is the absence of term limits.
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The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits
The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners have missed the point that our physics-based economy favors low-cost producers. In fact, the US and EU may not be far from an...