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The Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
NYTimes.com 02/06/2024
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary for presidential nomination
The Guardian 02/04/2024
WSJ Opinion: The Republicans’ Border Crisis
WSJ 02/05/2024
Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 and Lays Groundwork for 2028
NYTimes.com 02/03/2024
What the Data Says About Republicans Who Won’t Vote for Trump
WSJ 02/02/2024
Jobs Growth of 353,000 Blasts Past Expectations as Labor Market Stays Hot
WSJ 02/02/2024
The Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
NYTimes.com 02/06/2024
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary for presidential nomination
The Guardian 02/04/2024
WSJ Opinion: The Republicans’ Border Crisis
WSJ 02/05/2024
Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 and Lays Groundwork for 2028
NYTimes.com 02/03/2024
What the Data Says About Republicans Who Won’t Vote for Trump
WSJ 02/02/2024
Jobs Growth of 353,000 Blasts Past Expectations as Labor Market Stays Hot
WSJ 02/02/2024
AI responsibilities too great to be placed on the shoulders of a few computer specialists
11/19/2023
No one talks of climate change risks being tackled by a few technology specialists. AI is too big and the risks so great for humanity to be placed on the shoulders of a few computer specialists. Watching Joanna Stern of WSJ interview Sam Altman and Murali Murthi gives the impression that Altman was moving too quickly and Murthi was saying the right things but lacked the experience and capacity to tackle AI's vast responsibilities. This also stems from the fact that what young Stanford and other tech graduates in their early thirties have done in the last 2 decades ends a chapter in America's tech history. AI is an entirely different technology which requires the involvement of major parts of America's whole technological and scientific community and its society, not just a few individuals. This is also the lesson from the pandemic for virus research where not just the Cambridge, Massachusetts community, a government agency and Chinese researchers needed to be involved, but vast parts of America'a health and medicine scientific community and the American public. A million lives were lost in the pandemic in the US alone, and millions all over the world. It is a lesson that should never be forgotten- that technology can get out of control.
Grouped Articles
Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI After Board Skirmish
WSJ 11/18/2023
Many Details of Sam Altman’s Ouster Are Murky. But Some Things Are Clear.
NYTimes.com 11/18/2023
Meet Mira Murati, the Engineer Now Leading OpenAI
NYTimes.com 11/18/2023
Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI; Mira Murati Will Be Interim CEO
WSJ 11/17/2023
China and the World Face a Double Blow from decades of housing construction enabled hyper growth- creating problems of climate change for the World and a slump in growth in 2023
10/16/2023
Decades of growth at 12-14% have left China and the World worse off. As Greg Ip pointed out in WSJ America could not cope with this hyper growth in a country many times the size of Japan after absorbing the growth of Japan in the sixties. The result was the closing down of factories and ever increasing imports from China until America had transferred its manufacturing prowess to China. This led to the societal breakdown in the US with communities dependent on factories across the US feeling the brunt. The other effects were an unprecedented in scale use of coal and fossil fuels to fuel hyper growth rates in China that created the problems of World Climate Change by 2023 and contamination of water, land and air inside China. By 2030 China will be aging rapidly similar to Japan today and the slowing economy in 2024 onwards could mean China will be stuck in the Middle Income category. All this poses lessons for America, for Europe, India and the World on what kind of growth is healthy and what kind is not, what is sustainable growth and what is not,what works well for the planet and what does not.
Grouped Articles
China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
NYTimes.com 10/16/2023
An Even Bigger Housing Crisis Threatens China’s Economy
WSJ 09/18/2023
Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse
WSJ 09/19/2023
China’s Economy Remains Shaky After Challenging Summer
WSJ 10/13/2023
China and the World Face a Double Blow from decades of housing construction enabled hyper growth- creating problems of climate change for the World and a slump in growth in 2023
10/16/2023
Decades of growth at 12-14% have left China and the World worse off. As Greg Ip pointed out in WSJ America could not cope with this hyper growth in a country many times the size of Japan after absorbing the growth of Japan in the sixties. The result was the closing down of factories and ever increasing imports from China until America had transferred its manufacturing prowess to China. This led to the societal breakdown in the US with communities dependent on factories across the US feeling the brunt. The other effects were an unprecedented in scale use of coal and fossil fuels to fuel hyper growth rates in China that created the problems of World Climate Change by 2023 and contamination of water, land and air inside China. By 2030 China will be aging rapidly similar to Japan today and the slowing economy in 2024 onwards could mean China will be stuck in the Middle Income category. All this poses lessons for America, for Europe, India and the World on what kind of growth is healthy and what kind is not, what is sustainable growth and what is not,what works well for the planet and what does not.
Grouped Articles
China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
NYTimes.com 10/16/2023
An Even Bigger Housing Crisis Threatens China’s Economy
WSJ 09/18/2023
Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse
WSJ 09/19/2023
China’s Economy Remains Shaky After Challenging Summer
WSJ 10/13/2023
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.
Grouped Articles
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
Food inflation of 15-20% in Europe in 2023 worsening cost of living crisis.
05/26/2023
As energy prices recede somewhat food prices remain very high in Europe increasing the impact on middle and lower income households. Food retailers are seen as increasing profit margins at a bad time for households. It has become that bad that households are cutting purchases by 10%.
Grouped Articles
The Guardian 05/26/2023
German economy enters recession, shrinks 0.3% in 1st quarter – DW – 05/25/2023
dw.com 05/25/2023
It Just Had an Energy Crisis, Now Europe Faces a Food Shock
WSJ 05/24/2023
Japan Core Inflation Hits 4% for First Time in Four Decades
WSJ 01/20/2023
UK inflation falls to 8.7% but food price rises remain close to 45-year high
The Guardian 05/24/2023
Spain announces €10bn help to fight rising prices
BBC News 02/02/2023
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.
Grouped Articles
Democrats Launch Discharge Petition, Aiming to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote
WSJ 05/17/2023
Opinion | How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling
NYTimes.com 05/17/2023
Opinion | A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess
NYTimes.com 05/09/2023
Biden Woos Republican Moderates in Debt Ceiling Standoff
NYTimes.com 05/11/2023
Opinion | Are Republicans Willing to Raise the Debt Ceiling?
NYTimes.com 05/09/2023
Is the Debt Limit Constitutional? Biden Aides Are Debating It.
NYTimes.com 05/03/2023
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.
Grouped Articles
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
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.
Grouped Articles
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
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.
Grouped Articles
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
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.
Grouped Articles
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
How Europe won the energy war after shutdown of Russian gas supplies
04/07/2023
By April 2023 with winter over it is clear that Europe has come out of the winter season with its economy intact after shutdown of pipeline gas from the pipelines in Russia. A lot of action was taken in a short time- Germany's Habeck went to Qatar and other countries to secure LNG supplies, a new LNG terminal was built at Wilhelmshaven in record time, Norway and the US pitched in with more supplies, conservation went into high gear, and renewable energy investments were accelerated. There is no recession in the European Union as a result of this effort. And in this sense and with the Ukrainian economy functioning, generators taking Ukraine through a tough winter, EU taking in 80% of Ukraine agricultural exports, and supermarket shelves kept well stocked, refugees settled in Poland and Germany, the war has already been decided. The principle of no impunity for attacks on neighboring countries has been preserved by the EU acting together to protect itself.
Grouped Articles
Opinion | Putin’s Energy Offensive Has Failed
NYTimes.com 04/07/2023
Thwarting Vladimir Putin: The Ukrainian Economy Just Keeps On Going - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 04/07/2023
An LNG pipeline built in record time – DW – 11/01/2022
dw.com 11/04/2022
The Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
NYTimes.com 02/06/24
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary for presidential nomination
The Guardian 02/04/24
WSJ Opinion: The Republicans’ Border Crisis
WSJ 02/05/24
Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 and Lays Groundwork for 2028
NYTimes.com 02/03/24
What the Data Says About Republicans Who Won’t Vote for Trump
WSJ 02/02/24
Jobs Growth of 353,000 Blasts Past Expectations as Labor Market Stays Hot
WSJ 02/02/24
The Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
NYTimes.com 02/06/24
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary for presidential nomination
The Guardian 02/04/24
WSJ Opinion: The Republicans’ Border Crisis
WSJ 02/05/24
Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 and Lays Groundwork for 2028
NYTimes.com 02/03/24
What the Data Says About Republicans Who Won’t Vote for Trump
WSJ 02/02/24
Jobs Growth of 353,000 Blasts Past Expectations as Labor Market Stays Hot
WSJ 02/02/24
AI responsibilities too great to be placed on the shoulders of a few computer specialists
11/19/2023
No one talks of climate change risks being tackled by a few technology specialists. AI is too big and the risks so great for humanity to be placed on the shoulders of a few computer specialists. Watching Joanna Stern of WSJ interview Sam Altman and Murali Murthi gives the impression that Altman was moving too quickly and Murthi was saying the right things but lacked the experience and capacity to tackle AI's vast responsibilities. This also stems from the fact that what young Stanford and other tech graduates in their early thirties have done in the last 2 decades ends a chapter in America's tech history. AI is an entirely different technology which requires the involvement of major parts of America's whole technological and scientific community and its society, not just a few individuals. This is also the lesson from the pandemic for virus research where not just the Cambridge, Massachusetts community, a government agency and Chinese researchers needed to be involved, but vast parts of America'a health and medicine scientific community and the American public. A million lives were lost in the pandemic in the US alone, and millions all over the world. It is a lesson that should never be forgotten- that technology can get out of control.
Grouped Articles
Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI After Board Skirmish
WSJ 11/18/23
Many Details of Sam Altman’s Ouster Are Murky. But Some Things Are Clear.
NYTimes.com 11/18/23
Meet Mira Murati, the Engineer Now Leading OpenAI
NYTimes.com 11/18/23
Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI; Mira Murati Will Be Interim CEO
WSJ 11/17/23
China and the World Face a Double Blow from decades of housing construction enabled hyper growth- creating problems of climate change for the World and a slump in growth in 2023
10/16/2023
Decades of growth at 12-14% have left China and the World worse off. As Greg Ip pointed out in WSJ America could not cope with this hyper growth in a country many times the size of Japan after absorbing the growth of Japan in the sixties. The result was the closing down of factories and ever increasing imports from China until America had transferred its manufacturing prowess to China. This led to the societal breakdown in the US with communities dependent on factories across the US feeling the brunt. The other effects were an unprecedented in scale use of coal and fossil fuels to fuel hyper growth rates in China that created the problems of World Climate Change by 2023 and contamination of water, land and air inside China. By 2030 China will be aging rapidly similar to Japan today and the slowing economy in 2024 onwards could mean China will be stuck in the Middle Income category. All this poses lessons for America, for Europe, India and the World on what kind of growth is healthy and what kind is not, what is sustainable growth and what is not,what works well for the planet and what does not.
Grouped Articles
China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
NYTimes.com 10/16/23
An Even Bigger Housing Crisis Threatens China’s Economy
WSJ 09/18/23
Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse
WSJ 09/19/23
China’s Economy Remains Shaky After Challenging Summer
WSJ 10/13/23
China and the World Face a Double Blow from decades of housing construction enabled hyper growth- creating problems of climate change for the World and a slump in growth in 2023
10/16/2023
Decades of growth at 12-14% have left China and the World worse off. As Greg Ip pointed out in WSJ America could not cope with this hyper growth in a country many times the size of Japan after absorbing the growth of Japan in the sixties. The result was the closing down of factories and ever increasing imports from China until America had transferred its manufacturing prowess to China. This led to the societal breakdown in the US with communities dependent on factories across the US feeling the brunt. The other effects were an unprecedented in scale use of coal and fossil fuels to fuel hyper growth rates in China that created the problems of World Climate Change by 2023 and contamination of water, land and air inside China. By 2030 China will be aging rapidly similar to Japan today and the slowing economy in 2024 onwards could mean China will be stuck in the Middle Income category. All this poses lessons for America, for Europe, India and the World on what kind of growth is healthy and what kind is not, what is sustainable growth and what is not,what works well for the planet and what does not.
Grouped Articles
China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
NYTimes.com 10/16/23
An Even Bigger Housing Crisis Threatens China’s Economy
WSJ 09/18/23
Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse
WSJ 09/19/23
China’s Economy Remains Shaky After Challenging Summer
WSJ 10/13/23
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.
Grouped Articles
A Bigger World Bank Takes on China’s Clout
WSJ 10/13/23
Opinion | Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond.
NYTimes.com 10/09/23
WSJ 06/22/23
Economist Adriana Kugler in Her Own Words
WSJ 05/12/23
World Bank President Malpass announces resignation – DW – 02/16/2023
dw.com 02/16/23
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.
Grouped Articles
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
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.
Grouped Articles
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
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.
Grouped Articles
Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’
The Guardian 05/03/23
The Guardian 05/02/23
Keir Starmer prepares for his moment of truth in battle for the blue wall
04/30/23
‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak
The Guardian 04/09/23
Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
The Guardian 01/20/23
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.
Grouped Articles
Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’
The Guardian 05/03/23
The Guardian 05/02/23
Keir Starmer prepares for his moment of truth in battle for the blue wall
04/30/23
‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak
The Guardian 04/09/23
Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
The Guardian 01/20/23
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.
Grouped Articles
Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’
The Guardian 05/03/23
The Guardian 05/02/23
Keir Starmer prepares for his moment of truth in battle for the blue wall
04/30/23
‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak
The Guardian 04/09/23
Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
The Guardian 01/20/23
Modi and Mission LIFE in India
04/15/2023
Prime minister Modi of India and the Secretary General of the United Nations started Mission LIFE in October 2022.
Grouped Articles
PM Modi calls for mass movement in global fight against climate change
The Hindu 04/15/23
PM Modi launches Mission LiFE ‘Lifestyle for Environment’
mint 04/15/23
PM launches Mission LiFE at Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat
04/15/23
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