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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.
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What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
The World Bank and Africa, Global South- $100 billion expansion and new vision supported by Modi and Biden
10/14/2023
Prime Minister Modi and president Biden put forward a new vision for the World Bank at the G20 meetings in New Delhi, India. This means the World Bank will expansion of funding of $100 billion and new task of development in poor counties of the Global South in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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A Bigger World Bank Takes on China’s Clout
WSJ 10/13/2023
Opinion | Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond.
NYTimes.com 10/09/2023
WSJ 06/22/2023
Economist Adriana Kugler in Her Own Words
WSJ 05/12/2023
World Bank President Malpass announces resignation – DW – 02/16/2023
dw.com 02/16/2023
Starmer's Plan for Britain- "A bold and reforming Labor government that will bring about real change."
05/03/2023
Starmer describes his bold plans for education, housing, healthcare, climate change and renewable energy, that he hopes will be felt for generations.
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Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’
The Guardian 05/03/2023
The Guardian 05/02/2023
Keir Starmer prepares for his moment of truth in battle for the blue wall
04/30/2023
‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak
The Guardian 04/09/2023
Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
The Guardian 01/20/2023
Unintended consequences of China's years of hyper growth- climate change and sharply slowing growth
07/31/2022
China's overdependence on the property sector and foreign investment in offshoring factories from home countries to China had unintended effects. The property sector led growth has led to sudden collapse with local governments finances strained by $900 billion according to WSJ and loss of buyer confidence. The effects on communities in the US and EU of shifting local factories to China is well known having alienated the US and EU public, and permanently damaging friendly relations leading to its reversal and shift back to home countries. Years of unbridled hyper growth has not done well for China with the consequences seen today. At the start of this experiment China embarked on in 1990 China had little experience with market economy. The self interested advice of American investment banks and business and the zeal of local government officials led to hyper growth. The US and EU countries could not cope with the scale of China's hyper growth and shift of factories overseas as they had done with Japan in the sixties and seventies because of the sheer scale and compression in a short period for China. The result is sharply slowing growth in China and loss of faith on both sides. It did not have to happen this way and shows the unintended consequences of letting capitalism go its own way with interested parties acting excessively and governments not acting where prudence is needed. The burning of coal in unlimited quantities created the problems of climate change the world faces today- a double blow for the world and for China with lessons for today and how we think about his in future.
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China’s Manufacturing Sector Unexpectedly Contracts Amid Weak Demand, Covid Lockdowns
WSJ 07/31/2022
China’s Economy Tested by Strained City Finances
WSJ 07/31/2022
China Home Sales Plunge in July, as Mortgage Revolt Deters Buyers
WSJ 07/31/2022
China property sales could plunge by one-third, analysts say, as crisis deepens
The Guardian 07/26/2022
China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
NYTimes.com 10/16/2023
Olaf Scholz and the task of Renewal of Germany+European Union
12/09/2021
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz? Change Without Disruption
Institut Montaigne 12/08/2021
Who is Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor?
The Times 12/08/2021
Germany's Olaf Scholz pushes for stronger EU, issues warning to Russia | DW | 07.12.2021
DW.COM 12/07/2021
Germany’s Scholz Takes Power After Merkel’s 16-Year Rule
WSJ 12/08/2021
Germany's failure in the Wirecard scandal
07/31/2020
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WSJ News Exclusive | SoftBank Saw Opportunity in Wirecard Before It Unraveled
WSJ 07/29/2020
Great American Revival Industry Task Force
04/15/2020
The Trump Business task force has two tasks. How to respond to the economic damage from coronavirus and how to reopen the economy. The president is fine with reopening parts of the economy at a time, with the federal government working together with state governors - the least risk ones going first, the most risk ones coming last done on the advice of health experts. Testing and virus tracking are key issues in reopening the economy with systems that are both efficient and reliable needed for public to have confidence.
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Business Leaders Urge Trump to Dramatically Increase Coronavirus Testing
WSJ 04/15/2020
Millions of Europeans Are on Paid Leave. Governments Are Picking Up The Tab.
WSJ 04/22/2020
False tradeoff between economy and lockdowns- the pandemic economics of the 1918 pandemic
04/06/2020
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Opinion | Bet Big on Treatments for Coronavirus
WSJ 04/05/2020
Pakistan and the $6 billion IMF loan in 2019
05/13/2019
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The IMF has agreed to break Pakistan’s fall. Again
The Economist 05/13/2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate policy in 2019-2020 with slowing growth
03/20/2019
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Fed Holds Rates Steady and Predicts No Increases in 2019
New York Times 03/20/2019
2018 investigations into Deutsche Bank
11/30/2018
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Deutsche Bank’s Top Management Offices Searched by German Investigators
New York Times 11/30/2018
Jack Welch of General Electric
06/27/2018
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G.E. to Spin Off Health Care Division as Part of Major Reshaping
New York Times 06/26/2018
GE’s Plan Rests on Promises and Some Sleight of Hand
WSJ 06/26/2018
AI tools and employees at companies in new roles
06/21/2018
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Bank of America’s Workers Prepare for the Bots
WSJ 06/20/2018
How massive overspending on AI data centers to the tune of $1.5 trillion to 2028 is bad for retirees with their savings going into Tech issued corporate bonds with higher risk,not just bad for crowding out investment in vital needs of crumbling infrastructure of the Nation, Manufacturing, Housing, Cost of Living concerns, Renewable Energy.
11/16/2025
Uncertainty over returns, with revenue stream hazy and massive overspending is seen as a danger signal by a wide range of public opinion and experts shown here in Lyrarc.com in November 2025. All other priorities of the Nation are getting crowded out as 5 Tech companies engage in reckless competition at the expense of everybody else.
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The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/25
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/25
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/25
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/25
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
How Biden is tackling the Debt Ceiling to keep much needed spending on workers and families in America
05/19/2023
The debt ceiling standoff with a small faction in the Republican party calling for cuts in spending where it is needed for workers and families in America. In the US system even though spending is approved a debt ceiling can be passed that limits overall spending requiring another approval if the ceiling is exceeded for approved spending. In the past this was negotiated. Today this faction in the Republican party is calling for large cuts in the very areas that were neglected in the past and which urgently need funding leading to Biden's response. Infrastructure, renewable energy, education, healthcare, public services, workers and families were neglected and now need strong backing.
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Democrats Launch Discharge Petition, Aiming to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote
WSJ 05/17/23
Opinion | How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling
NYTimes.com 05/17/23
Opinion | A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess
NYTimes.com 05/09/23
Biden Woos Republican Moderates in Debt Ceiling Standoff
NYTimes.com 05/11/23
Opinion | Are Republicans Willing to Raise the Debt Ceiling?
NYTimes.com 05/09/23
Is the Debt Limit Constitutional? Biden Aides Are Debating It.
NYTimes.com 05/03/23
Expanding Indian ties to the European Union in manufacturing, trade and advanced technologies
03/07/2023
Italy signs a strategic partnership agreement with India. President Scholz of Germany visits India with a business delegation. Siemens plans railway modernization manufacturing plants in India. New aviation sector is being built with French and US assistance and a huge order from Air India. Denmark's Maersk and other Danish companies help build the port logistics in India after a business and trade agreement with Denmark. The European Union joins the US in building a new supply chain based in India to replace one that caused inflation and bottlenecks, and was seen as a security risk with concentration of the supply chain in one country.
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India, Italy elevate ties to strategic partnership, sign MoU on defence cooperation
The Hindu 03/02/23
Germany's Scholz in India: What's at stake? – DW – 02/25/2023
dw.com 02/28/23
On India visit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drinks tea at a street corner in Delhi
The Hindu 02/27/23
Siemens partners with India on railway modernization – DW – 02/27/2023
dw.com 02/27/23
The Hindu 12/04/22
A Nordic-India connect to power a green transition
The Hindu 02/08/23
Escaping the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others
12/29/2021
If and how it is possible to escape the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others, harmful for girls and the young, and to mental health, diversity, and education that leads to upward mobility, is the subject of a WSJ series in 2021.
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The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/27/21
The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/29/21
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
WSJ 12/17/21
Teens Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok May Be A Factor. - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 11/08/21
Facebook Faces Official Questions in India Over Policing of Hate Speech
WSJ 10/28/21
Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws
WSJ 10/05/21
Pope Francis and the call "not to return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the pandemic."
11/27/2020
Two crises back to back in 2010 and 2020 which set back the working class, the middle class and the poor, and the neglect of capital allocation to healthcare, education, infrastructure. Pope Francis calls for a culture that feels others pain, that "gives access to all to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging, and labor." See "Misallocation of Capital" in Top Stories for more coverage.
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The vision of the European Union alive and well - Macron and Merkel in June 2020 responding to the pandemic
06/06/2020
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Europe’s big two kiss and make up for pandemic rescue deal
The Guardian 06/06/20
Great American Revival Industry Task Force
04/15/2020
The Trump Business task force has two tasks. How to respond to the economic damage from coronavirus and how to reopen the economy. The president is fine with reopening parts of the economy at a time, with the federal government working together with state governors - the least risk ones going first, the most risk ones coming last done on the advice of health experts. Testing and virus tracking are key issues in reopening the economy with systems that are both efficient and reliable needed for public to have confidence.
Grouped Articles
Business Leaders Urge Trump to Dramatically Increase Coronavirus Testing
WSJ 04/15/20
Digital transactions increasing to one billion a month in India by 2020
02/08/2020
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India has crossed a billion monthly digital payments. Now, to a billion transactions a day
The Indian Express 02/08/20
Deutsche Bank and Donald Trump
03/21/2019
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A Mar-a-Lago Weekend and an Act of God: Trump’s History With Deutsche Bank
New York Times 03/18/19
Deutsche bank in 2019 and the planned merger with Commerzbank AG in Germany to rescue it
03/06/2019
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The American With the Toughest Job in Finance: Saving Deutsche Bank
WSJ 03/05/19
A Mar-a-Lago Weekend and an Act of God: Trump’s History With Deutsche Bank
New York Times 03/18/19
Italy's economy in 2018 with the government of the 5 Star and Northern League parties
09/28/2018
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Italy Widens Budget-Deficit Target
WSJ 09/27/18
PBOC, China's central bank policy in 2018 following the trade war and tariffs escalation with the U.S.
06/25/2018
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China frees up more money as trade war takes shape | DW | 25.06.2018
DW.COM 06/25/18
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