by Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog
American competitiveness is severely hobbled by our "free market" and anti-government attitudes. One way our competitors hold us back is by encouraging this outdated ideology. Result: other countries have national economic/industrial strategies and we don't. So we...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog
Ernst & Young has a report, "Renewable energy country attractiveness indices", that tries to measure how "attractive" different countries are for investment in renewable energy projects. According to the report, The Ernst & Young country attractiveness indices provide...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog
Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, doesn't think it is a good idea to audit the Fed. Speaking Monday he said, ... the Fed chairman also took a moment to repeat his objections to a bill in the House to audit the Fed. Much as he said during his confirmation...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 2, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The “Jobs Summit” is Thursday. Are they going to try to get things back to normal? I hope not! “Normal” isn’t an option anymore, because it is what led to where we are. The financial sector bailout is based on the idea that things will get back to “normal” if the...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog, Economy
In September, President Obama Enforces Trade Law In China Tire Case! President Obama signaled a new direction in America's trade policies by deciding to enforce the ITC's recommendation to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports. In November, Findlay's Cooper Tire will...