Carlos Ghosn and Nissan discontent in Japan- the failing Renault-Nissan alliance

12/18/2018

Renault-Nissan's failure to invest in Japan and the lack of interest in Nissan under Ghosn added to worries in Japan about the compensation of Ghosn being larger than all nine top executives of Nissan combined. A deep sense of affront was felt in Japan as one executive put it -"where is the transparency and where is the frugality." This special report by WSJ shows how the ego based executive which is not typical of Japan failed Nissan. It also shows why this type of management is not healthy for companies or the employees and all stakeholders. Its hard driving nature with unhealthy lifestyles is also becoming unpopular today.

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The Fall of the House of Ghosn

WSJ 12/16/2018

Sean Mclain, Phred Dvorak, Sam Schechner, Patricia Kowsmann

WSJ 12/18/2018

William Boston

India's general election in 2019- performance and flaws of the Modi government

06/05/2018

Differing views of the Modi government, views of the middle class hurt by demonetisation uncertainty from Dhume and views representing the interests of the rural, lower income and other part of the middle class from Arvind Panagriya. Some of the changes brought about by the Modi government reflecting the vision of Mahatma Gandhi for fundamental change from the ground up in the villages and rural parts of India- health and sanitation, access to bank accounts, access to health care- coupled with Nehru's vision of modernization using the technologies of the twenty first century.

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Modi’s three big gambles: We’ll soon know if demonetisation, GST and Adityanath damaged BJP’s re-election prospects

Times of India Blog 06/05/2018

Sadanand Dhume

Times of India Blog 05/30/2018

Arvind Panagriya

Senators Moran and Collins from Kansas and Maine who oppose the Republican healthcare bill and the bill's failure in the Senate in 2017

07/18/2017

Linked Articles

Why the Senate health care bill is in trouble, in 2 quotes

CNN 07/05/2017

Chris Cillizza, Cnn Editor At Large

The New York Times 07/06/2017

Thomas Kaplan

The Women20 Summit in Berlin and the path for women to the workplace in Europe, the U.S., and other countries

05/08/2017

The views expressed at the Women20 Summit at the G-20 summit in Berlin reflect the views of women leaders including Angela Merkel. Problems women in the U.S. are facing are covered here by Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen. For the first time leaders of the stature of Merkel and Yellen are talking about these issues openly to drive the debate and clear the path for women.

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The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017

DW.COM 04/26/2017

Tamsin Walker

The New York Times 05/05/2017

Binyamin Appelbaum

The M5S party, Virginia Raggi and Beppe Grillo, following the "no" vote in Italy's referendum in 2016

12/05/2016

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Virginia Raggi could be the answer to Rome's mess | Europe | DW.COM | 04.06.2016

DW.COM 06/04/2016

Megan Williams, Rome

DW.COM 12/04/2016

The 1976 Montreal Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 2014 Sochi Olympics and the Rio Olympics- decades long debt hangovers and costs growing from the $1+ billion in Montreal to $50+ billion in Sochi

08/24/2016

Developing and developed countries alike have seen the cost of the Olympics as a huge burden. Many countries or cities that committed to hosting the Olympic games during boom years were facing economic hard times by the time of the games. Corruption and mismanagement of public funds, overspending and cost overruns added to the problems. Citizens uproar caused cities such as Boston and Oslo to withdraw bids for the Olympics. The Olympics appears to be a costly way to show off a country, and raises questions about better allocation of funds in other directions, especially when upward mobility is a problem for the middle and working class, countries have other infrastructure needs, and neglected basic needs in education, healthcare, public services.

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The 40-year hangover: how the 1976 Olympics nearly broke Montreal

The Guardian 07/06/2016

The New York Times 08/23/2016

Michael Powell

Why initiating Brexit by invoking the Lisbon Treaty's Article 50 could go into 2017, or even past 2020 into new general elections- (2) the British economy and the Bank of England's stimulus effort to avoid a recession

08/16/2016

The stimulus action of the Bank of England in August 2016 was designed to avert a recession in Britain. The Bank of England estimates that even with the stimulus the Brexit move will lead to a 1% drop in economic growth every year for 3 years as compared to staying in the European Union. The British public is weary of the austerity programs for 7 years under finance minister Osborne. if higher growth under Brexit turns out to be an illusion as the Bank of England forecasts show, there would be reason for much reflection on the meaning of the vote- seeing it as a rejection of the Cameron-Osborne government in favor of a government more in tune with the interests of working class people under Theresa May.

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Wait and see: Theresa May is in no hurry on Brexit | Europe | DW.COM | 15.08.2016

DW.COM 08/15/2016

Bernd Riegert / Db

The Telegraph 08/04/2016

Szu Ping Chan

Speaker Paul Ryan's House seat in Janesville, Wisconsin- improving economy in a U.S. midwestern factory town and the debate on trade, help for working class families

08/10/2016

The unemployment rate in Janesville, Wisconsin drops to 4.4% in May 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was over 9% following the closing of the GM plant and the recession from the 2008 financial crisis. A working class town Janesville was hit hard by the closing of the GM plant in 2008. Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post describes the impact of losing about 5000 jobs at the GM plant, and the problems typical of most manufacturing dependent towns. Throughout the period since being first elected to Congress in 1998 Ryan has continued to be able to get elected on the basis of faith, family and public service, even though some of his policies may not have helped the poor and elderly or laid off workers. Ryan voted for rescuing the auto industry and worked hard to keep the GM plant, and listens to his constituents, and as the economy recovered by 2016 won easily in this old industrial midwestern town. His influence in national politics gives Janesville an opportunity to be heard, as it tackles problems common to many midwestern towns in the U.S.

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Could Paul Ryan’s ideas help his struggling home town? - The Washington Post

Washington Post 08/19/2012

Amy Goldstein, Amy, Goldstein

The Guardian 08/10/2016

David Smith

Hillary Clinton and women voters in the U.S. presidential election of 2016

07/26/2016

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In 6 graphs, here’s why young women don’t support Hillary Clinton as much as older women do - The Washington Post

Washington Post 04/11/2016

Lori Poloni Staudinger, Lori, Poloni Staudinger, J. Cherie Strachan, J., Cherie, Strachan, Brian Schaffner, Brian, Schaffner

WSJ 07/26/2016

How the few Oxford educated politicians forming an old boy's club and their infighting by 2016 led to the vote for Brexit

07/08/2016

How Cameron, Osborne, Gove and Johnson, a few Oxford educated politicians put their narrow interests and party politics ahead of the interests of Britain and the interests of the European Union.

Linked Articles

British Politics Gives a Sense of Government by Old School Chums

The New York Times 07/07/2016

The New York Times 07/05/2016

Charles Koch and the New York Times on Trump's statements about Mexicans, and the campaign for presidency of the U.S.

04/24/2016

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Charles Koch suggests that another Clinton in the White House might be better than Trump or Cruz - The Washington Post

Washington Post 04/24/2016

New York Times 04/26/2016

The Editorial Board, The, Editorial, Board

Donald Trump's proposal for 45% tariff on China's exports to the U.S.- how a policy of bringing jobs home could lead to the loss of 1 million U.S. jobs

03/08/2016

By damaging the international trading system including with allies such a Canada, Britain, France and Germany, the result of a downward spiral through higher tariffs in other countries, could end up costing the U.S. 1 million jobs. Under such a system the U.S. would lose many of the advantages of its booming tech sector, its tech driven global advantages in many industries, without signifcant gains in low cost imports such as clothing which would simply migrate to other countries such as India. The problem of worker wage stagnation in the U.S., and loss of jobs in certain sectors, is very real, but this is the wrong way to tackle the problem. China is already moving towards a consumer driven economy. Economists show that trade with Mexico would be seriously hurt both ways, creating more pressure of migrants at the border under such proposals as a 45% tariff and its indirect effect on Mexico, when the actual fact is that net migration from Mexico is the lowest it has ben in decades. Politics can do strange things as when two senators Smoot and Hawley from agricultural states Utah and Oregon, at the head of important committees in the U.S. Congress pushed and passed legislation for a 60% tariff in 1930 for the industrial sector they had no idea about. When Smoot and Hawley lost reelection in 1932 they left behind a lot of damage, especially for the farmers and workers they thought they were fighting for.

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How Trump’s Hard Line on Trade Could Backfire

Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016

Bob Davis, Bob, Davis

Wall Street Journal 03/08/2016

Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Holman, W., Jenkins, Jr.

A Donald Trump rally in March 2016, Pensacola and Orlando, Florida- anti-establishment politics and the white working class voter

01/27/2016

Linked Articles

Anxiety Fuels Donald Trump’s Supporters

Wall Street Journal 01/27/2016

Michael M. Phillips, Michael, M., Phillips

Wall Street Journal 03/09/2016

Allysia Finley, Allysia, Finley