by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
I've been focusing on the Chinese currency manipulation problem because the Obama administration is supposed to make it's twice-a-year declaration on this on April 15. But even if this problem is addressed as it needs to be, keep in mind that it is just one piece of...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 29, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
The "free trade" craze wiping out Haiti's farmers by flooding the country with cheap American rice. The same this happened in northern Mexico with cheap (heavily subsidized) American corn. On March 10 Bill Clinton apologized to Haiti. See With cheap food imports,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 29, 2010 | Blog
For many years we've been hearing about outsourcing and offshoring. President Obama has started taking steps to rebalance world trade and the pendulum is about to start swinging the other way. More and more often you'll be hearing new words: "insourcing," "on-shoring"...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
When a policy is just wrong it's just wrong. I have written about how Chinese CEOs and Chinese economists have been making the case for China to bring its currency up to market rates. Even Chinese government officials are making the case for a stronger currency. In a...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2010 | Blog
Problem:: States shed government jobs as revenue plummets. Just last month: In Michigan, where the unemployment rate is 14.1 percent, the nation's highest, government jobs at all levels fell by 5,000. They accounted for one-third of the state's job losses....
