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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 11/16/2025
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/2025
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/2025
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/2025
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
Income and Wealth Gaps US 2025- Top 10 percent support 50 percent of consumer spending in 2024
02/24/2025
Top 20 percent in the US have $1.2 trillion in excess income savings and increased Net Worth to $35 trillion from 2019 to 2025. Bottom 80 percent have about $300 billion in excess income savings and increased Net Worth to $14 trillion in that period.
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The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/2025
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
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
European and Indian oil imports from Russia- myth and reality
04/01/2022
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Truss-Jaishankar faceoff over sanctions: ‘most Russian oil buyers in Europe’
The Indian Express 04/01/2022
India’s stand on Russia tied to the ‘extra issue’ of China’s challenge: Australian envoy
The Hindu 03/29/2022
Opinion: Targeting India for buying Russian oil smacks of hypocrisy | DW | 22.03.2022
DW.COM 03/28/2022
Biden's multi-trillion infrastructure spending plans for renewal of America
03/30/2021
US president Biden is pushing ahead with infrastructure spending on a big scale. He no longer seeks support from Republicans as he does not want to see the plans shrink. He is able to do this because the American people now have new perceptions about the role of government. They see it as indispensable in trade, global supply chains, protecting American technology, and in keeping America ahead with the latest infrastructure, skills development with education, healthcare that keeps Americans healthy.
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Live Updates: Learning From the Past, Biden Aims for Big Spending Early in His Term
NYTimes.com 03/30/2021
Biden to Outline Proposal for Infrastructure Spending, Tax Increases
WSJ 03/30/2021
Behind Biden’s Big Plans: Belief That Government Can Drive Growth
WSJ 03/30/2021
One-term leader Joe Biden in a hurry
The Times 04/01/2021
Joe Biden mimics Franklin Roosevelt with $2trn Covid recovery plan
The Times 04/01/2021
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
Taking stock of the economic damage from coronavirus in April 2020- America
04/13/2020
Airlines, automobiles and retail are some of the worst hit industries.
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How Coronavirus Spread Through Corporate America
WSJ 04/13/2020
The Critical Variable in Keeping Coronavirus in Check
WSJ 04/20/2020
Millions of Europeans Are on Paid Leave. Governments Are Picking Up The Tab.
WSJ 04/22/2020
Saudi Aramco IPO in 2019
12/12/2019
Grouped Articles
Aramco Valuation Hits Crown Prince’s Coveted $2 Trillion Target
WSJ 12/12/2019
Pemex in 2019- high debt, mismanagement and corruption
10/13/2019
Grouped Articles
Secret Recordings Describe Extensive Bribery at Mexico’s Pemex
WSJ 10/11/2019
India and China work together to maintain access to cheaper Iranian oil
05/12/2019
Grouped Articles
India, China join hands on oil
https://www.hindustantimes.com/ 05/11/2019
Oil prices cloud India’s macroeconomic outlook
https://www.hindustantimes.com/ 05/13/2019
2018 climate change talks in Katowice, Poland
12/12/2018
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Around the World, Climate Goals Clash With Reality
WSJ 12/12/2018
Climate Negotiators Agree on Rulebook to Help Curb Emissions
WSJ 12/16/2018
Why cost of living is destroying the social compact in the US and Europe and upending governments in 2024-2025
02/24/2025
Used car prices are up 45% since 2019 putting used cars at average price $28000. It is not a discretionary cost, one needs a car to get to work in the US. There are cases of young people not able to pay soaring repair costs quitting work without transport. This is why there was so much discontent in 2024 after supply shocks and price gouging pushed up prices in 2024. Another factor evident in airline ticket pricing was demand and the excess income of the top 20 percent. In housing and apartment rentals supply shortages pushed up prices, demand and excess income of the top 20-30 percent pushed up prices beyond the reach of the rest, higher interest rates made it unaffordable to buy a home for most Americans.
Grouped Articles
Why There Is No Relief Ahead for High Used-Car Prices
WSJ 02/15/25
The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/25
Biden and labor unions, women, the middle class in Jan 2024- one year before America chooses its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
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
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 10/16/23
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
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
How the Ukraine War Happened- Miscalculations on All Sides
04/03/2022
The WSJ report on the miscalculations going back 20 years by all sides looks at key events since 2002. An interview by Timakova and Kolesnikov of the Russian president provides more insights into his mindset and thinking.
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An Astonishing Self-Portrait by Russia's President
NYTimes.com 04/02/22
Opinion | What’s on Vladimir Putin’s Reading List?
WSJ 04/01/22
Russian Strategy in Ukraine Shifts After Setbacks, and a Lengthy War Looms
WSJ 04/01/22
Russia Set for Steep Slump and Long Stagnation in Wake of Ukraine War
WSJ 03/31/22
Putin advisers ‘afraid to tell him truth’ about Ukraine error, says GCHQ head
The Guardian 03/30/22
Biden says Putin ‘badly miscalculated’ in invading Ukraine.
NYTimes.com 03/02/22
Olaf Scholz and the task of Renewal of Germany+European Union
12/09/2021
Grouped Articles
Chancellor Olaf Scholz? Change Without Disruption
Institut Montaigne 12/08/21
Who is Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor?
The Times 12/08/21
Germany's Olaf Scholz pushes for stronger EU, issues warning to Russia | DW | 07.12.2021
DW.COM 12/07/21
Germany’s Scholz Takes Power After Merkel’s 16-Year Rule
WSJ 12/08/21
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
Millions of Europeans Are on Paid Leave. Governments Are Picking Up The Tab.
WSJ 04/22/20
Trump negotiated oil production cuts 2020 to keep oil prices from collapsing
04/13/2020
Oil demand falls by 30 million barrels a day by April 12. President Trump intervenes to get OPEC and Russia, the OPEC+, to negotiate production cuts. The U.S. makes cuts of its own.
Grouped Articles
North America’s Oil Industry Is Shutting Off the Spigot
WSJ 04/13/20
Oil Nations, Prodded by Trump, Reach Deal to Slash Production
NYTimes.com 04/12/20
2019 protests in Algeria and new elections
12/12/2019
Grouped Articles
Algerians Protest as Election Gets Under Way
WSJ 12/12/19
The cloud over Franco-German relations and the European project in 2019
11/30/2019
Grouped Articles
Franco-German Rift Clouds EU’s Future
WSJ 11/28/19
Dams and infrastructure for hydropower in Africa, China, India and Brazil
07/26/2019
Grouped Articles
Dams: Clean power, sullied legacy | DW | 13.03.2019
DW.COM 03/13/19
OPEC and a new alliance with a 10 nation group led by Russia that includes Mexico
02/06/2019
Grouped Articles
OPEC Pursues Formal Pact With Russia
WSJ 02/06/19
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