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How India could get the Trade Deal with the US by buying oil from US and Saudis/UAE and allowing imports of non grain and non dairy agricultural products
08/28/2025
US sanctioned India with 50% tariff for buying Russian oil saying it finances RUssia's war against Ukraine and daily deadly missile strikes. ein dollar terms are now insignificant at $2-the 3 billion. In fact India is already shifting to getting more of its imports from the Middle East. India could also import additional oil from the US and make changes to import non grain and non dairy agricultural products from the US in large volumes such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, blueberries, cherries that it's upper middle class population of 250 million could benefit from the nutritional benefits. US in its fight against the pharmaceutical companies high pricing could change laws to bring in Indian pharmaceutical products at 10-15% price above Indian prices set by the government to meet needs of its large population. In pharma product pricing India leads the whole world and this benefit would lower the cost of living in the US tremendously. Both sides would benefit in a WIn-WIn relationship in trade- THIS IS ACHIEVABLE FOR THE INTERESTS OF AMERICANS AND INDIANS. IT ONLY REQUIRES VISION OF BOTH SIDES.
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India's benefit from Russian oil imports exaggerated; actual gain at just $2.5 bn
The Economic Times 08/28/2025
Opinion | America’s Fearsome Farm Lobby Has Nothing on India’s
The Wall Street Journal 08/27/2025
Kamala Harris Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
08/17/2024
A series of Actions from Kamala Harris to Cut Costs for American Families in Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals prices, Grocery prices, Housing and Rental prices. This is critical for families struggling from paycheck to paycheck.
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
Harris and Trump Offer a Clear Contrast on the Economy
NYTimes.com 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
Remarks by Vice President Harris at a Campaign Event in Raleigh, NC | The White House
The White House 08/17/2024
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.
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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 Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
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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
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.
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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 Future of Work - worklife balance, Feirabend, (breaking off from work at 5.01), 30 hour weeks and longer careers
09/13/2023
What does the future of work look like. Ideas from Laura Carstensen of the Stanford Center for Longevity who says rather than follow an outdated norm of education in the early part of life, work in the middle part of life and leisure in the latter part of life, it makes sense to mix education, work and leisure throughout life. Feierabend is the German practice of breaking off from work at 5.01 pm so that one can go outdoors for exercise and fresh air. All this with nutrition and exercise, healthy living, contributes to a more productive satisfying life that includes time for family, parents and children.
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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%.
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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 50-60% proficiency in reading and math in PISA or NAEP scores can increase GDP by additional 2% in US and the EU
05/19/2023
PISA scores in Europe, NAEP in US, and similar test in Japan, S. Korea, can with proficiency in reading of over 50-60%, same in math, give the country an additional 2% in GDP. This is shown in the experience of Asian countries in the 2005-2015 period, and acted as a drag in the progress of the US for 2005 -2023. It is still acting as a drag in US progress not just in GDP, but also in culture as it increase social divisions, increases risks to democracy with widening gaps in performance between higher and lower income groups, between rural and urban/suburban groups, between people in professions and less educated in construction or low wage hospitality food industries. This also adds to the burden on democracies when demagogic politicians and parties use it in ways that are indifferent to social divisions or social mobility for their own purposes. This has happened in the US and Europe exacerbating the situation, and why Biden is calling this the Struggle for the Soul of the Nation. It is truly a Struggle for the Soul of America and can be seen as a parallel to the situation Abraham Lincoln faced in 1858 as he debated against Stephen Douglas.
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Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
National math and reading scores remain constant, but disparities emerge
Washington Post 04/11/2018
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Paul Krugman Reviews ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’ by Robert J. Gordon
New York Times 01/25/2016
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
The fight over pension age in France- unfairness to women and people starting work early
04/08/2023
Pension protests in France with 75% of women opposed to the pension changes. A sense that the timing was wrong because of the cost of living crisis following a pandemic. And the nature of pensions requiring efforts to change culture of age discrimination at work in France that has a serious impact on pensions, pension age and fairness of the system. About two thirds of French people oppose the pension changes put through by presidential executive action without parliament approving it.
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What Is the Ideal Retirement Age for Your Health?
NYTimes.com 04/08/2023
France’s Macron Seeks Bigger Military, Leaner Pension System
WSJ 01/20/2023
‘Not just about pensions’: French protesters see threat to social justice in Macron’s reform
France 24 02/05/2023
Hundreds of thousands protest across France against pension reform, unions vow to ramp up strikes
France 24 02/12/2023
Fight Over Retirement in France Is a Question of Identity
NYTimes.com 03/08/2023
‘We can defeat Macron’: Why women’s anger is fuelling French pension protests
France 24 03/08/2023
Indian effort to power renewable energy with the help of Denmark and Nordic countries
03/07/2023
Denmark is a key player for renewable energy expansion and for port logistics modernization in India. Denmark produces 50% of its energy from wind power, Germany 25%. A Danish business delegation accompanies the prime minister on a visit to New Delhi and India participates in a Nordic Conference in 2022.
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A Nordic-India connect to power a green transition
The Hindu 02/08/2023
www.narendramodi.in 08/27/2022
Danish port city to play key role in Europe's wind energy plans | DW | 24.07.2022
DW.COM 07/24/2022
Denmark eyes Germany among top wind farm clients | DW | 09.10.2021
DW.COM 10/09/2021
What kind of leadership can deliver for Britain,-for health, education and infrastructure, for women, climate change, families and children?
01/22/2022
The Guardian looks at Tory leaders Rishi Sunak- the smooth veneer, the tech-bro polished image after the Stanford days, and Jacob Rees-Mogg - the bewildering mix of social classes in the neighborhood of St Pancras where he grew up, to see if this is what will deliver for Britain's future after the pandemic.
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Rishi Sunak: the polished ‘tech bro’ with low-tax dreams
The Guardian 01/21/2022
Rees-Mogg’s roots tell a true Conservative tale – just not the one he wants us to hear | Ian Jack
The Guardian 01/22/2022
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic - women in Antartica on skis to solo flights
01/22/2022
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Teen pilot becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world | DW | 20.01.2022
DW.COM 01/20/2022
Preet Chandi becomes first woman of colour to ski solo to south pole
The Guardian 01/05/2022
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.
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Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds
NYTimes.com 11/27/24
Washington Post 06/10/24
China Tries to Stem the Flow of Its Plastic Waste
WSJ 01/20/20
Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis
WSJ 12/12/18
New York Businesses Anticipate Plastic-Bag Ban
WSJ 02/27/20
Supermarkets in France forced to ditch plastic and set up ‘refill stations’ selling unpackaged goods
The Times 04/01/21
Trump plan to end tax on Social Security benefits is a fatal mistake
08/17/2024
Senator Larson says it is a fatal mistake as lost revenue is not made up leading to a Medicare insolvency in 2031, and Social Security insolvency in 2033. Social security benefits will then by law will be cut in 2033 by 25%, a dangerous step tragic for many on Social Security who are pushed into poverty.
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CNBC 08/17/24
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 08/17/24
Trump wants to cut income taxes on Social Security. Here's how that would impact your benefits.
CBS News 08/17/24
Biden and labor unions, women, the middle class in Jan 2024- one year before America chooses its path to 2030
02/06/2024
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Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
NYTimes.com 09/27/23
Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers
The Guardian 09/28/23
How Abortion Lifted Democrats, and More Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
NYTimes.com 11/08/23
Trump’s biggest Iowa gains are in evangelical areas, smallest wins in cities
Washington Post 01/16/24
The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/25
Dissatisfaction in the American Workplace
11/28/2023
A high level of dissatisfaction in the American workplace is seen in 2023 Gallup Workplace Report and other surveys.
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It’s 5:01 and I’m Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work
WSJ 09/13/23
FDIC Chair, Known for Temper, Ignored Bad Behavior in Workplace
WSJ 11/16/23
Five New Benefits and Perks Employers Will Tailor to Your Needs
WSJ 03/06/23
What CEOs Are Getting Wrong About the Future of Work—and How to Make It Right
WSJ 02/17/23
Is workplace stigma around mental health struggles changing?
BBC News 08/24/22
If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means
WSJ 08/18/22
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 10/13/23
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
Pedro Sanchez and the Workers Socialist Party in Spain 31.5% votes in Spanish elections 2023
08/25/2023
Pedro Sanchez Spanish prime minister, calls for snap general elections in 2023 soon after losing local elections in Spain. After a last minute surge the Socialist get 31.5% of the vote showing the influence of the moderate voters in Spain. The election also produces an unexpected result restoring the two main parties Partido Popular and the Socialists to their dominant positions and reducing the influence of smaller parties such as Podemos and VOX. The elections give both PP and the Socialists more seats in parliament and could give Sanchez a continuation in government. By all accounts Spain has come through the pandemic better under the Sanchez government with relief in the cost of living and government support.
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Whither Spain? The July 2023 General Election Results and Beyond
08/25/23
Spain PM calls snap election after local poll drubbing
France 24 05/29/23
How 65% of students failing reading comprehension and 75% failing civics and history is holding back America.
05/19/2023
The scores on National Assessment of Education Progress NAEP show two thirds of students failing reading proficiency, similar math scores, and over 75% failing civics and history. This has a serious effect on everything in society- the ability to get good jobs, to increase incomes, to teach their own children to create a better future, for the overwhelming majority of Americans. This has not changed for about two decades and is only getting worse. Nothing that Silicon Valley or capital markets have done, or successive governments have done so far for 2 decades is changing this situation. What Biden calls the struggle for the Soul of the Nation has this as the probable cause because lack of reading comprehension affects everything and leads to serious deterioration and breakdown in society. What is sometimes called technology is not really technology, computers yes, but not social media which damages the capacity for clear thinking and in the young of mental health also or what passes for technology that takes everything to the lowest common denominator including Google Search as shown in Lyrarc's Movement for Global Literacy.
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History and civics scores drop for U.S. eighth-graders on national test
NPR 05/03/23
National math and reading scores remain constant, but disparities emerge
Washington Post 04/11/18
U.S. student performance slips on national test - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/28/15
Eighth-Graders’ History, Civics Test Scores Hit Record Low
WSJ 05/03/23
Test Scores Show Students Made Little Progress in National Exam
WSJ 04/10/18
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/13
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
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
The indictment of Donald Trump for hush payments to a porn actress
04/02/2023
A series of investigations and probes of Donald Trump in 2023. The situation very different in 2023 from 2017. A sense of fatigue and the feeling that Mr. Trump's time has passed among Republicans. After the pandemic America looks to make a new beginning under president Biden- closing chapters on two wars, and rebuilding America's infrastructure, supporting workers and families, leading the Free World.
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Amid Trump indictment, a look back at France’s history of prosecuting ex-leaders
France 24 04/02/23
Opinion | What the Trump Indictment Means for Ron DeSantis and the G.O.P.
NYTimes.com 04/02/23
McConnell is among few high-profile Republicans to stay silent on Trump’s indictment.
NYTimes.com 04/01/23
For the G.O.P., a Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage
NYTimes.com 03/21/23
How Alvin Bragg Resurrected the Case Against Donald Trump
NYTimes.com 04/01/23
Donald Trump Indictment Sets Historical Marker
WSJ 03/31/23
Biden and his "Biggest bill on Climate Ever, Ever, Ever"
09/03/2022
The $369 billion Biden Bill on Climate is the biggest bill ever. It was put through with Biden's fellow senators and his long experience in the Senate of the US through the efforts of Senator Coon and Hickenlooper who took a new approach to negotiating with Senator Manchin appealing to his place in history and in the party. Biden said while signing the bill "Joe I never doubted for a moment." Senator Schumer of New York did the negotiations and persevered till the end when Manchin was on board. Adjustments were made to allow increase in drilling to bring down oil prices to create a win-win for all so that it could be called The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as pharmaceutical prices would also come down with the government retaking the right to negotiate pharmaceutical prices lost under Republicans. It is also a Win for Europe, India, and the World.
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Biden Signs Expansive Health, Climate and Tax Law
NYTimes.com 08/16/22
Biden Signs Climate, Health Bill Into Law as Other Economic Goals Remain
NYTimes.com 08/18/22
What’s in Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer’s Reconciliation Deal on Climate, Health and Tax Policy?
WSJ 08/12/22
Climate Bill Aims to Boost America’s Charging Network to Meet Rising EV Demand
WSJ 08/12/22
Opinion | Bill Gates: We’re on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment for Congress and the Country
NYTimes.com 08/07/22
Democrats’ Climate and Tax Deal Closes In on Passage
WSJ 08/05/22
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic- women in the frontlines fighting coronavirus variants
01/22/2022
Grouped Articles
As Vaccines Trickle into Africa, Zambia’s Challenges Highlight Other Obstacles
NYTimes.com 12/11/21
The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
NYTimes.com 12/04/21
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