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…it saves, it will need to borrow, and the counterpart to that borrowing is a trade deficit. America’s burgeoning trade deficit is a result of Bush’s unprecedented mismanagement. Tax cuts…

Confusion and language American Style

…policy champion, a financier, and a key partner”: Neoliberalism. Via the New World Dictionary: — n a modern politico-economic theory favouring free trade, privatization, minimal government intervention in business, reduced…

Train Drain

…announced plans to invest $28 billion in the world’s largest chipmaking complex on a site in New Albany, Ohio, for example.  But overall, the scale of actual and planned manufacturing…