Dollars and Sense
A former Trump Administration economics adviser made a bold prediction when I spoke to him last week: “If the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened...
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Dollars and Sense
Four in 10 Americans have no retirement savings — a slow-moving crisis that spans every generation. 57% of young workers aged 18 to 34...
Dollars and Sense
The U.S. Air Force has a 1,800-pilot deficit. USAF pilots are leaving for commercial airlines that pay 2x USAF pay. The USAF pilot base...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
For months, conservatives have fretted that Donald Trump may agree to open the U.S. auto market to cheap Chinese electric vehicles as part of...
Dollars and Sense
Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven at Raytheon after a chocolate bar in his pocket melted near an active radar magnetron in 1945. Spencer...
Dollars and Sense
Iran has functionally closed the Strait of Hormuz during Operation Epic Fury, halting roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply and triggering an immediate...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Great-power competition starts with people. As China and much of the developed world age and shrink, America keeps renewing...
Dollars and Sense
Key Points and Summary – America and China tell grand stories about external threats—carrier fleets, alliances, missiles—but the most decisive constraint on both powers...
The Treaty
Key Points – The United States dwarfs China in wealth, income, and innovation, yet risks losing the long game because Beijing treats economics as...