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The US Cost of Living Crisis 2023-2025
02/24/2025
Cost of Living Crisis and huge gaps in income and wealth between the top 20 percent and the bottom 80 percent aggravate standards of living in America in a way not seen since the Second World War. About 45% increase in prices on cars, used cars, car repairs, housing rentals and groceries, in many household expenses, since 2019. Incomes of workers not having kept up with this kind of spiralling inflation. This is upending the social compact and leading to loss of faith in governments in the US and Europe. Change in governments in UK, France, Germany, and the US and a sense of unease among people.
Grouped Articles
Even Disney Is Worried About the High Cost of a Disney Vacation
WSJ 02/09/2025
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, "Operation Atlantic Resolve," and the U.S. response to Russian president Putin in 2015-2016
06/06/2015
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says the U.S. must be better prepared in coordination with its allies for the mix of propaganda, subversion and cyber programs used by Russian president Putin. It says this is not a return to the Cold War, but better preparation means it would be possible to tell when Russia was using these tactics, and when it was not.
Grouped Articles
Defense Chief: Subversion, ‘Big Lie’ Are in Russia’s Arsenal
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2015
U.S. Pledges Equipment, Manpower to NATO Rapid-Response Force
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2015
Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise
New York Times 04/20/2016
It’s No Cold War, but Vladimir Putin Relishes His Role as Disrupter
The New York Times 09/30/2016
Why the US fears Russia is hacking its presidential election - BBC News
BBC News 10/11/2016
The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video
The Washington Post
Cuts in state budgets in the U.S. after Republicans take over governorships and legislatures in many states.
01/05/2011
Grouped Articles
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/2011
New York Times 01/06/2011
Florida Governor Hits Road to Sell His Budget Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 02/03/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2011
New York Times 02/07/2011
In Muni-Bond Ills, Danger and Hope
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
U.S. relations with North Korea
11/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
As marathon talks continue, Koreas ready their militaries for conflict - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/24/2015
North Korea Says It Successfully Conducted Hydrogen-Bomb Test
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
The U.S. diplomatic corps loses a legend just when it needs him the most - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/2016
North Korea Bomb Test Challenges U.S. Policy in Asia
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
Robert Carlin and John W. Lewis - Review U.S. policy toward North Korea
Washington Post 11/22/2010
Rising state payroll taxes in the U.S. as borrowing from the federal government increases
11/20/2010
Rising state payroll taxes in the US in 2010 acts as a disincentive for hiring. The rising state payroll taxes go to paying back $41 billion in loans from the federal government needed to fund unemployment insurance.
Grouped Articles
States Raise Payroll Taxes to Repay Loans
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2010
Job Tax Plan Lands With a Thud
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Obama Plans to Rescue States With Debt Burdens
New York Times 02/08/2011
Relief for States and Businesses
New York Times 02/09/2011
In Florida, the Unemployed May Face Deep Cuts in Benefits
New York Times 03/31/2011
In Missouri, Extension of Unemployment Pay Is Blocked
New York Times 03/31/2011
Inflation in the U.S.- 2010-2012
11/18/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2010
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2011
Inflation inflicting pain, as wages fail to keep pace with price hikes - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/05/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2011
Whoa Baby, Prices Are Jumping for Diapers, Other Family Basics
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2011
Sarah Palin and the Republican party in the U.S.
11/17/2010
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 02/25/2016
Trump Can’t Break the Republican Party
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2016
Inside Sarah Palinâs Inner Circle
New York Times 11/17/2010
Inside Sarah Palin's Inner Circle
New York Times 11/17/2010
Post-ABC poll shows Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/16/2011
Washington Post 04/07/2011
Favorable response to the U.S. Deficit Commission's report.
11/15/2010
Grouped Articles
Left, Right and Wrong on Taxes
New York Times 11/15/2010
Sheila C. Bair - Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington?
Washington Post 11/26/2010
Debt and Taxes: Will Washington Ever Grow Up?
BusinessWeek 11/17/2010
Deficit Plan Fails to Win Panel Support
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
Washington Post 01/26/2011
Debt Hawk Alan Simpson on the Work Ahead
BusinessWeek 08/04/2011
U.S.-South Korea trade agreement
11/13/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2010
U.S.-Korea Pact Hinges on Autos
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
U.S., Korea Agree on Free-Trade Pact
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
U.S. Sets Sweeping New Deal on Trade
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
White House to Revive Latin America Deals
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Trade Deals, Job Help Linked in Congress
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2011
The Cameron government's overhaul of UK's welfare system
11/11/2010
Grouped Articles
In U.K. Election, It’s Jobs Boom vs. Stagnant Wages
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2015
New York Times 01/29/2016
In Britain, Cameron Unveils Strict Welfare Overhaul
New York Times 11/11/2010
Britain: Adviser Resigns After Remarks on Recession
New York Times 11/19/2010
UK Defense spending after 2010
11/06/2010
Grouped Articles
The Anglo-French defence pact: Divided we fall
Economist 11/06/2010
Unemployment among U.S. immigrants in 2010-2011
10/30/2010
Grouped Articles
Immigrants Benefit as Economy Recovers
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2010
Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities, report says - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/26/2011
Arrests of illegal migrants on U.S.-Mexico border plummet - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/05/2011
Obama Faces a Frustrated Hispanic Electorate
New York Times 06/10/2012
Opinion | Jeff Flake: We Need Immigrants With Skills. But Working Hard Is a Skill.
The New York Times 08/18/2017
The 2010 U.S. Deficit Commission report.
10/25/2010
Grouped Articles
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Deficit Commission’s $200 Billion in Proposed Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2010
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2010
Deficit-Cutting Chairmen Call Washington's Bluff
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2010
Deficit Reduction Plan Draws Scorn From Left and Right
New York Times 11/11/2010
Hacking into U.S. databases by Russia and the U.S. presidential election of 2016
10/11/2016
Intrusion into U.S. databases by Russia seen as an effort to influence the U.S. election process. In 2014 cyber security issues with China were brought up in meetings between president Obama and China's president Jinping, and efforts made to reach an agreement to prevent recurrence.
Grouped Articles
Why the US fears Russia is hacking its presidential election - BBC News
BBC News 10/11/16
The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video
The Washington Post
Senate and House Leaders Call for Inquiry of Russian Hacking in Election
The New York Times 12/12/16
C.I.A. Judgment on Russia Built on Swell of Evidence
The New York Times 12/12/16
Russian Hackers and American Hacks
WSJ 12/11/16
Donald Trump Chooses Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
WSJ 12/13/16
S.E.C. probes into insider trading in the U.S.
08/17/2011
Grouped Articles
Former SAC Manager Mathew Martoma Found Guilty in Insider Case
Wall Street Journal 02/06/14
SEC accused of dumping records - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/18/11
S.E.C. Illegally Destroyed Documents, Whistle-Blower Alleges
New York Times 08/17/11
File Disposal Still an Issue for S.E.C.
New York Times 08/18/11
SEC Officials Are Focus of Inquiry
Wall Street Journal 08/25/11
Wall Street Journal 01/19/12
U.S. Regional economies- Mississippi budget crisis
11/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Jobless Rate Up in Most States
Wall Street Journal 08/20/13
Mississippi’s Recovery After Katrina Holds Lessons for Policy Makers
New York Times 08/28/15
State Tests Limits of Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/22/10
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/11
Wall Street Journal 02/02/12
New rules expose bigger funding gaps for public pensions - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/12
U.S. Federal authorites and Insider Trading probes and arrests
11/20/2010
The FBI and other federal authorites and the investigations into insider trading.
Grouped Articles
Former SAC Manager Mathew Martoma Found Guilty in Insider Case
Wall Street Journal 02/06/14
U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe
Wall Street Journal 11/20/10
Wall Street Journal 01/19/12
The FBI Agent Who 'Flips' Insider-Trading Witnesses
Wall Street Journal 01/20/12
Why Are Investors Fleeing Equities? Hint: Its Not the Computers
New York Times 08/06/12
Bernard Baruch, advisor to U.S. Presidents Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman
11/20/2010
Radio message read over CBS Radio in 1953 on man, reason and hope for the human condition. Goodness prevailing with individual expression and not with the madness of crowds. The need for reason for the betterment of the human condition.
Grouped Articles
L.B.J. and Truman: The Bond That Helped Forge Medicare
New York Times 02/28/15
Why I Still Believe in the Future
Wall Street Journal 11/20/10
Transfer of advanced technology to China and the prospect of competing with China in world markets.
11/17/2010
The issue of transfer of technology by U.S., European and Japanese companies to gain access to the Chinese market. The prospect of developing new competitors in the same industry competing in international markets.
Grouped Articles
Xi Jinping Hears Tough Complaints of American Business
New York Times 09/23/15
Train Makers Rail Against China's High-Speed Designs
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
China Squeezes Foreigners for Share of Global Riches
Wall Street Journal 12/28/10
G.E. to Share Jet Technology With China in New Joint Venture
New York Times 01/17/11
Hu's Feel-Good Tour of U.S. Is Likely to Be a Bit Chilly
Wall Street Journal 01/19/11
U.S. Shifts Focus to Press China for Access to Markets
New York Times 01/18/11
The U.S. government's recovery of funds used to bailout insurers, banks, Fannie, Freddie, and auto companies
11/16/2010
The US government still has a ways to go to recover funds from the auto bailouts. AIG is still costly. Fannie and Freddie are an entirely different story, a debacle with huge additional funds needed.
Grouped Articles
Freddie's Profit Soars on Housing Rebound
Wall Street Journal 05/08/13
Fannie Mae to pay $59.4B to Treasury - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/13
Fannie Chief: Payout Must Not Delay Revamp
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
Fannie, Freddie Payments Nearly Match Aid
Wall Street Journal 11/08/13
White House Rejects Fannie-Freddie Recapitalization Plans
Wall Street Journal 11/23/13
Impact of local government cutbacks in spending in the U.S. on computer and telecom companies
11/15/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/15/10
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/11
UK Education spending after 2010
11/11/2010
Grouped Articles
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
Paying for higher education: The cap fits
Economist 11/11/10
New York Needs Its Best Teachers in the Classroom
Wall Street Journal 03/11/11
U.S. Regional Economies- Washington State and Idaho
11/10/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/10/10
Wall Street Journal 02/02/12
Incomes Fell or Stagnated in Most States Last Year
Wall Street Journal 09/20/12
The impact on Asia of the U.S. Federal Reserve's move to buy $600 billion of US Treasury securities in 2010-2011.
11/04/2010
Fears that additional inflows of capital into Asia will create price bubbles, or destabilize Asian economies with volatile capital inflows.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 08/22/13
Asia Braces for Flood of Foreign Cash
Wall Street Journal 11/04/10
Fed Action Gets an Unexpected Endorsement From India
New York Times 11/08/10
Japan's Leader Bemoans Impact of U.S. Economic Policy
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
As China’s economy slows, real estate bubble looms - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/03/12
Google's U.S. federal tax liability of 18%. GE's low tax rate.
10/28/2010
The US tax rate for corporations at 35%, but the $1.5 billion federal tax liability of Google comes to an effective 18% tax rate. GE's consolidated tax rate of 11.6% from 2005 to 2009. This is also true of other large American companies, raising questions of fairness at a time of budget cuts in education, Medicaid and Medicare. Many U.S. companies, such as Apple, also use offshore tax havens to protect profits from taxes.
Grouped Articles
Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds
Wall Street Journal 05/21/13
Appleâs Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
New York Times 05/20/13
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
New York Times 05/21/13
The Corrosive Effect of Apple’s Tax Avoidance
New York Times 05/23/13
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