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The week Kamala Harris became the 2024 Democratic nominee in 48 hours
07/25/2024
The two tumultuous weeks in July 2024 started with a sniper shooting at the former president, followed by the Republican Convention within days. The president's address calling for calm, Trump's 90 RNC address which rambled to veer off course. Second thoughts about Trump and Biden's age and calls by Democrats for Biden to withdraw after the faltering delivery in the debate. Biden has Covid and isolates for a few days. On July 22 around 1.45 pm Biden puts out a letter on X (Twitter) that he is withdrawing and giving his full support to Kamala. Within hours Harris has overwhelming support. The next day morning Harris has secured the delegates needed. By the 24th in 48 hours she has raised $250 million for the campaign and about 100,000 volunteers. A dizzying pace for 48 hours that riveted the attention of the American people and the world.
Grouped Articles
With Speech to Teachers, Harris Waded into a Fiery Education Debate
NYTimes.com 07/25/2024
Kamala Harris: A woman of firsts – DW – 07/23/2024
dw.com 07/25/2024
‘Capable’ Harris and Biden’s legacy: key takeaways from the president’s address
The Guardian 07/25/2024
Biden Says He Will ‘Pass the Torch’ to Harris in Oval Office Address After Ending Campaign
WSJ 07/24/2024
Opinion | Kamala Harris Confounds the Republicans
WSJ 07/24/2024
President Biden Addresses the Nation
YouTube 07/25/2024
The demographic crisis Japan faces.
11/20/2010
Japan's rapidly ageing population. The lower proportion of the working age population over time relative to the older population.
Grouped Articles
Japan Raises Sales Tax to Tackle Debt
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2012
A special report on Japan: Into the unknown
Economist 11/20/2010
A special report on Japan: On the down escalator
Economist 11/20/2010
A special report on Japan: The dearth of births
Economist 11/20/2010
A special report on Japan: Bring on the cultural revolution
Economist 11/20/2010
A Debate Arrives With Japan Politician's Baby
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2011
The wildly underfunded pension system of the American state of New Jersey.
09/30/2010
Need to increase the retirement age to 65 from 62, and increase pension contributions to 8.5%, says Governor Christie of New Jersey. With the lower savings of workers in the U.S. as they approach retirement, adequately funded pension systems are critical to the safety net.
Grouped Articles
Pension Pinch Busts City Budgets
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Illinois Pension Fix Faces Political Test
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Illinois Legislature Approves Retiree Benefit Cuts in Troubled Pension System
New York Times 12/03/2013
BusinessWeek 09/30/2010
Public-sector pensions: Three-trillion-dollar hole
Economist 10/16/2010
American states' pension funds: A gold-plated burden
Economist 10/16/2010
The performance of socially conscious economies of Europe and the U.S. economy compared.
01/11/2010
Why Europe compares favorably with the US economy in areas like unemployment when looking at the 24-54 working age group, technology adoption, economic growth when you factor out population growth in the USA, and with higher taxes offset by social benefits for large segments of society.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 04/13/2013
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
Growth isn’t enough to help the middle class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/14/2013
New York Times 01/11/2010
New York Times 02/09/2010
Comparative Advantage and American Jobs
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2011
Changes in China's factories in 2010-2013. Changing manufacturing.
01/05/2008
Conditions at Hon Hai and a strike at Honda are part of a changing picture of worker dissatisfaction with wages and discipline at Chinese factories. The period of low prices and worker discipline of the kind that prevailed for several decades of industrialization appears to be closing. The Chinese government is also having second thoughts as America and Europe are no longer the growing markets they used to be, and as it weighs a policy shift to domestic consumption.
Grouped Articles
China: A Billion Strong but Short on Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/2010
The growing low wage sector as downside of Germany's improving unemployment rate in 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% in Germany in 2009 an 6.9% by 2013. Experts says this is a result of the rapid growth in the sector paying low wages.
Grouped Articles
'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2013
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
German Recovery Spurs Push for Higher Pay
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2010
Europe Moving Toward Small Steps to Promote Growth
New York Times 05/10/2012
Questions about China's one-child policy.
06/30/2006
The fertility rate is estimated by one the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to be at most 1.6, having dropped from close to 3 when the policy was introduced in 1980. Does this policy make sense as the population ages ask critics in the Chinese media? The impact of demographics on China's future.
Grouped Articles
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/2013
Washington Post 11/16/2013
China to Ease Longtime Policy of 1-Child Limit
New York Times 11/15/2013
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2013
Calculating Shift to What May Really Be 1.5-Child Policy
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2013
Nicholas Eberstadt: China's Coming One-Child Crisis
Wall Street Journal 11/27/2013
America has forgotten it is American workers who built America
09/28/2023
Entry level tier wages for auto workers at $17 an hour in 2022 as the UAW union goes on strike in 2023. At $34,000 a year entry level young auto workers make less than the $35,000- 40,000 a year for families set as the Federal Poverty Level by the Department of HHS. Lincoln and TR-FDR would see this as outrageous as American workers built American factories and America since the Industrial Revolution. America has forgotten its workers and worker's families, worker's children. Two thirds of children with the vast majority from the workers families not able to pass ACT reading comprehension at the 4th grade, and 50 % of retired people having zero savings. Not the America of Lincoln or TR-FDR.
Grouped Articles
Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers
The Guardian 09/28/23
Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
NYTimes.com 09/27/23
Biden Joins UAW Picket Line Ahead of Trump Visit, Opening 2024 Election Fight
WSJ 09/26/23
Five Clues to Where the UAW Strike Is Headed Next
WSJ 09/23/23
Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike
NYTimes.com 09/17/23
Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won
WSJ 09/16/23
Blekko search engine, creating an alternative to Google
10/31/2010
Blekko had 750,000 unique users in April 2011. The effort to create search results that prevent the gaming of the results by creators of pages.
Grouped Articles
Qwant Wants to Be Alternative to Google
New York Times 12/31/14
Blekko Tries to Filter Out Web Search
New York Times 10/31/10
Wall Street Journal 10/31/10
Google's Search Gold Mine Could Tap Out
BusinessWeek 02/13/11
Blekko Tries to Best Googleâs Search Engine
New York Times 05/07/11
Wall Street Journal 03/15/12
GM's Cadillac Division.
06/17/2010
The large investments in marketing were not effective. Cadillac's average age of customer base is 62, so there is a real need to get younger buyers into showrooms.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/19/13
Luxury Car Makers Brace for Slower China Sales
Wall Street Journal 04/22/13
GM to Build Cadillac Plant in China
Wall Street Journal 05/08/13
Cadillac Drops Wreath Logo for Bolder Crest
Wall Street Journal 01/15/14
Cadillac Chief's Challenge: Clear Dealer Lots
Wall Street Journal 01/23/14
G.M. Bets Big on a Resurgent Cadillac
New York Times 04/02/15
China wage increases and government policy to promote domestic consumption.
01/05/2008
Wage increases of 20% at Hon Hai and upto 100% at Honda factories in China from wages that were kept low for the export market, are now the trend in China. The government policy is shifting to encourage such wage increases to promote domestic consumption and reduce an overreliance on export markets for growth. This is happening just as trade tensions are increasing with the USA.
Grouped Articles
Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy
New York Times 05/24/13
Honda's Long-Haul Dilemma in China
Wall Street Journal 06/24/10
Interview With Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
Wall Street Journal 09/02/10
Yuan's Rise Hurts China's Exporters
Wall Street Journal 01/20/14
China Will Keep Growing. Just Ask the Soviets.
New York Times 10/24/14
Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Evoke Foreign Names, Even if They’re Gibberish
New York Times 12/26/14
Unemployment in Germany 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The role of "kurzarbeit" programs, work sharing, the changes from the Hartz reforms, and wage restraint in reducing German unemployment.
Grouped Articles
'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/13
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
New York Times 12/10/11
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/13
German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing From Businesses
Wall Street Journal 03/29/14
Germany Regains Jobs Lost in Recession
Wall Street Journal 07/30/10
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
Germany's Kurzarbeit plan and other methods of softening the impact of a recession on jobs and wages.
10/28/2006
About 1.5 million employees used the Kurzarbeit short work week schedules according to the German labor agency. In the latest month March 2010, 693,000 workers were on the Kurzarbeit short week schedule.
Grouped Articles
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
Germany's economy: Angela in Wunderland
Economist 02/05/11
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/11
Wall Street Journal 11/21/11
The Age of the Superfluous Worker
New York Times 11/24/11
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/12
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