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Cost of Living Concerns with 8-10% annual increase in electricity prices to 2030, pushing back renewable energy targets, neglecting essential investments in infrastructure, for a massive misallocation of capital, are major issues for Data Center Buildup of $2-$3 trillion by Tech companies.
11/16/2025
Tech companies are on a binge. But is it good for Society and the Nation? There are many warning signs.
Grouped Articles
What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
Action to cut single use plastic bags and packaging 2025
11/27/2024
Efforts to end the use of single use plastics that are a threat to health and the environment, land, rivers and oceans. The use of plastic water bottles has worsened the crisis. Supermarkets are slow in the US to ban plastic bags showing need for prudent regulation. Talks in Busan, South Korea, in Nov 2024 to find a solution to the plastics proliferation crisis. The plastics industry including plastics makers and recycling companies say things are under control with recycling goals, yet reports show only 30% of plastics is being recycled each year in 2024, and going back to the beginning of plastics 2 decades back only about 10% has been recycled.
Grouped Articles
Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds
NYTimes.com 11/27/2024
Washington Post 06/10/2024
China Tries to Stem the Flow of Its Plastic Waste
WSJ 01/20/2020
Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis
WSJ 12/12/2018
New York Businesses Anticipate Plastic-Bag Ban
WSJ 02/27/2020
Supermarkets in France forced to ditch plastic and set up ‘refill stations’ selling unpackaged goods
The Times 04/01/2021
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
Abysmal tax collection in Pakistan and the lack of economic development.
07/18/2010
Tax collection in Pakistan is one of the poorest in the world. This widens the quality of life for the vast majority of people and an afffluent few who run business interests and have agricultural holdings. Infrastructure and essential services such as power and water, roads and health care, all suffer, as a result.
Grouped Articles
Power Outages Hobble Pakistan's Biggest Exporters
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Pakistani Taxes Widen Divide Between Rich and Poor
New York Times 07/18/2010
Key Party Rejoins Pakistan's Coalition
New York Times 01/07/2011
Pakistan's troubled finances: Economic blasphemy
Economist 01/15/2011
General Kayani Is Said to Cling to Job in Pakistan
New York Times 06/15/2011
Pakistan's Central Banker Resigns
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2011
The Afghanistan war in mid to late 2010.
06/02/2010
Some successes in counterinsurgency do not make up for the lack of an alternative in governance that wins credibility in Afghanistan, among the people.
Grouped Articles
Strategy vs. Tactics in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 06/02/2010
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/2010
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/2010
The Fury of a General, Released by Nature
New York Times 06/22/2010
Sharp Words Expose Rift Over War Policy
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2010
Simon Johnson and other experts on the capital shortfall and banking crisis in the U.S.
04/15/2010
Johnson points to irreversible damage from the lack of aggressive action with the large banks from the Obama administration. Johnson pointed to the problems with too big to fail banks. now he and Peter Boone give a lucid explanation on the big picture facing America in relation to the task of aggressive action to resolve the banking problem.
Grouped Articles
Weâre All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
New York Times 08/25/2013
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/2010
New Life for 'the Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2010
BusinessWeek 04/15/2010
Jamie Dimon: Americaâs Least-Hated Banker
New York Times 12/01/2010
After the reforms: Safer, but not yet safe enough
Economist 05/21/2011
Growing Risks for the U.S. Economy in 2010-2012.
01/04/2010
Risks of another hit from losses on home equity loans to bank balance sheets in latter part of 2010. The situation with local and state governments in the USA cutting back significantly. The situation in Europe and an overheating Chinese economy.
Grouped Articles
The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks
BusinessWeek 04/14/2010
Beware a Bernanke-Fueled Market Bubble
BusinessWeek 05/13/2010
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2010
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2010
Board failures and lack of action to make much needed changes after this helped cause the economic crisis of 2008-09.
06/01/2009
Board failures at companies like Fannie Mae, Countrywide, WaMu, GM and others which led to huge losses for taxpayers, communities, and laid off employees.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/11/2013
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
BusinessWeek 06/01/2009
An Unfinished Chapter at Countrywide
New York Times 08/23/2014
G.M.’s Board Is Seen as Slow in Reacting to Safety Crisis
New York Times 09/07/2014
What Iceberg? Just Glide to the Next Boardroom
New York Times 12/27/2009
U.S.-China relations 2010-2013
01/13/2009
U.S.-China relations. Policy differences and trade relations are expected to exacerbate in 2010. The role of the U.S. as a supplicant to China in 2009 may lead to frustration and stepping back. US-China relations are tense because of continuing trade pressures and large trade deficits as China continues with its export model. Currency issues also an irritant.
Grouped Articles
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
U.S. and China Mark 30 Years of Diplomatic Ties
New York Times 01/13/2009
U.S.-China relations to face strains, experts say - washingtonpost.com
Washington Post 01/03/2010
U.S., China locked in trade disputes
Washington Post 01/04/2010
China denounces U.S. trade ruling on steel pipes
Washington Post 01/01/2010
China's difficult political-economic choices in the post 2010 period.
01/06/2008
The difficult choices in the new environment- transition to a new leadership, how to change the export model without serious disruptions, how to deal with western demands for balanced global growth, dealing with the inequality and corruption generated in the kind of growth China experienced (by the fiat of the State), opening up freedom of expression to curb corruption and to provide representation for hitherto blocked out voices, transition to freedom of expression and democratic processes without serious disruption to thegrowth needed for employment and improvements in the standard of living across all parts of society and regions, reducing or channelling to constructive ends prevailing nationalistic, anti-western or anti-Japanese sentiment. The new leadership of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang is expected to be more outward looking than than of Hu Jintao and Wen Biao and comes at atime when China needs to make some difficult choices about future direction.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2013
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2013
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
Chinaâs Economy, Back on Track
New York Times 10/04/2013
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2013
Steve Jobs Tim Cook and shipping out of America' industrial base and with it America's leadership of the Free World
05/26/2025
America's industrial strength, it's industrial base, is one of the four pillars of America's leadership of the Free World. Without it the Free World will fall apart. The other pillars are it's education and it's health care. Underfunding of education with declining enrolment of men in college and lack of factory jobs comes with loss of the industrial base for taxes, taxes avoided by Apple and other companies. All these problems are becoming clear in 2025 as DJT calls for reindustrializing the Nation.
Grouped Articles
Trump, Apple relationship devolves with threats
The Hill 05/26/25
Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades
NYTimes.com 05/26/25
Tim Cook’s Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse
WSJ 05/24/25
Putin and Russia's shift in Ukraine policy with the impact of capital flight, western sanctions and a sharp slowdown in the economy by July 2014
07/11/2014
Polls show 66% of the Russian public opposes Russian forces going into Ukrainian territory. The rhetoric on Russian television has been toned down and Russian analysts say intervention in Ukraine would have dangerous consequences for Russia, that Russia needs to maintain its relations with the West. At the same time Putin will attend a summit of BRIC's leaders in Fortaleza, Brazil, with plans to set up a development bank, as the focus shifts back to the economy. Russia is expected to feel the impact of $75 billion in capital flight in the first half of 2014.
Grouped Articles
Seeing Cost of Saber Rattling in Ukraine, Putin Alters Course
New York Times 07/11/14
U.S. Escalates Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
Wall Street Journal 07/17/14
Raising Stakes on Russia, U.S. Adds Sanctions
New York Times 07/16/14
Putinism Thrives on Dirty Money
Wall Street Journal 07/22/14
Wall Street Journal 07/22/14
Coordinated Sanctions Aim at Russia’s Ability to Tap Its Oil Reserves
New York Times 07/29/14
The failure of the Congress government in India in the proper allocation of telecom licenses in 2008.
11/19/2010
The loss to the Indian government of $39 billion in the improper allocation of telecom licenses. The lack of transparency from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Grouped Articles
Poll Suggests Crushing Loss Awaits India’s Governing Party
New York Times 02/26/14
India's Congress Party Firmly Routed
Wall Street Journal 05/17/14
India Stock Prices Fall on Scandal Over Wireless Licenses
New York Times 11/19/10
Singh Asks India Business to Improve Ethics
Wall Street Journal 12/14/10
Indiaâs Telecom Scandal Shakes Parties and Top Officials
New York Times 12/13/10
India Leader, Singh, Offers to Testify in Telecom Inquiry
New York Times 12/20/10
GM's IPO offering for November, 2010, and its share price
06/22/2010
General Motors' IPO offering and efforts to pay back about $50 billion of loans to the U.S. government following the government bailout of GM and taking a 60% stake in the company.
Grouped Articles
GM Earnings: Weaker North America Hits Profit
Wall Street Journal 05/03/13
U.S. to Sell Rest of GM Stake by Year-End
Wall Street Journal 11/22/13
GM's IPO May Require Hefty Incentives
BusinessWeek 07/15/10
U.S. Remaining Stake in General Motors
Wall Street Journal 12/10/13
GM Could Be Free of Taxes for Years
Wall Street Journal 11/03/10
IPOs Set to Raise Most Cash Since Crisis
Wall Street Journal 05/12/13
April 2010 Defense Department biannual report on the war in Afghanistan.
04/29/2010
It shows little progress from the escalated effort, and the critical fact of the lack of acceptance of the Karzai government remains. Of 92 districts assessed in this report none are sympathetic to the Karzai government.
Grouped Articles
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/14
U.S. Report on Afghan War Finds Few Gains in 6 Months
New York Times 04/29/10
Strategy vs. Tactics in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 06/02/10
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/10
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/10
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/10
Analysis by The Economist and other expert opinion in 2010 of the economic prospects for Europe and the U.S.
01/11/2010
The Economist looks at the near term trends- unemployment not down as much in Britain in August and consumer spending holding up in Britain- as evidence a recovery is looming. And it cites the Suppy Managment Index up slightly in the US. Most other experts see a difficult situation in 2011 as the stimulus fades and local governments cut back- economists such as Stiglitz, Shiller, Krugman, Feldstein and others, and businessmen like Malone.
Grouped Articles
Brazil's north-east: Catching up in a hurry
Economist 05/21/11
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
The world economy: The odd decouple
Economist 09/04/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/10
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/14
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/15
India- lack of transparency and fairness in auctions of telecommunications bandwidths.
04/10/2009
2008 auctions were rigged according to the Auditor-General's report. The loss to the governmet of $38 billion. The department of Telecommunications is described as failing miserably to do the due diligence. Adds to the general sense of corruption in the handling of governmental affairs.
Grouped Articles
Indian PM slams anti-corruption activist as protests over arrest spread - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/11
Indian Parliament Passes Bill Forming Anticorruption Agency
New York Times 12/18/13
Corruption Mars Image of Change in India Elections
Wall Street Journal 04/10/09
China Slips in Corruption Perceptions Report
New York Times 12/02/14
Upstart Party Scores Victory in India State Elections
Wall Street Journal 02/11/15
India Auction for Cellphone Spectrum Was Rigged, Report Says
New York Times 11/16/10
The Taliban in their Own Words.
01/05/2009
A Washington Post-Newsweek account of the Taliban's disintegration after the U.S. invasion post 9/11 and the way they gradually came together to pose the threat they now pose. See the link to NY Times accounts of how the Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence operates behind the scenes to back the Taliban, which may provide the other side of the story how the Taliban gain the sophistication and support they need to reorganize. And the links to the failure of the Karzai regime that has played into Taliban leader Mullah Omar's hands.
Grouped Articles
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/14
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/14
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/15
The Taliban in Their Own Words | Print Article | Newsweek.com
Unknown 12/28/09
Taliban Shows Interest In Negotiated Settlement
New York Times 08/03/11
U.S. Preparing for Pakistan to Restrict Support for Afghan War
New York Times 12/25/11
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