Tag Archives: china

Give Trains a Chance

Chinese exports and imports slipped in March.  According to trade data from Beijing released Wednesday, exports declined 6.6 percent from this time last year.  Moreover, imports dropped 11.3 percent. If you can believe it, China’s first quarter GDP rose just … Continue reading

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The High Point of China’s Economic Boom

Sometime in the early 1980s, goes the popular lore, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping looked out across the vast people’s communes and pronounced, “To get rich is glorious.” Suddenly, without hesitation, the people put down their rakes, walked off the farm … Continue reading

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Currency Wars and the New Age of Desperation

It must have seemed like a good idea at the time.  Of course, the time is always right for government policy makers to improve upon the natural order of things.  In their dim minds, the unintended consequences of their actions … Continue reading

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How to Erase the Federal Debt and Other Bad Ideas

The world is rife with bad ideas.  Just open your eyes and look around.  Hardly a blink can be made without some bad idea coming into view.  What’s more, the worse the idea…the more popular it becomes.  Here’s a partial … Continue reading

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